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Ski-based research connects the North Pole with Mars
 Poster: A snowHead
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Two skiers - Glen Ellyn and Tyler Fish - are skiing to the North Pole next week to research self-sufficiency, psychology and group-dynamics which may assist NASA for future manned missions, including a possible venture to Mars.

This report from the Chicago Tribune.

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Like astronauts, Huston and Fish will have only the frozen or preprocessed food they take with them—but in their case, towing everything on sleds that will weigh 260 pounds each at the start. They will spend long periods in confined spaces with only their fellow travelers to rely on.


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Psychologists are seeking to understand both the stresses and the positive outlooks that make a rare breed of people excel in cold, forbidding realms.


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"This is very important because a mission to Mars will be a 21/2-year time period in which a small group of people are required to interact together."


The usual scientific and ski-related comments on this story welcome.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'd have thought there was plenty of material from ISS and other space missions, and from nuclear submarine crews. I think that many going to the North Pole (or similar) feel they have to dream up a novel reason.
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