![]() It has already served as the site of multiple long-term (four months to a year) simulated missions for NASA and a variety of private research groups. Located about 8,200 feet above sea level on the Big Island’s Mauna Loa mountain range, the HI-SEAS habitat is a 1,200-square-feet dome perched on the land’s Martian-like geology of rocks and lava. HI-SEAS, the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation complex, recently concluded a one-month all-female mission simulation to examine how such a crew would handle life where only Mars Rovers have gone before. In the process, they're testing a theory that women could be the most efficient option for colonizing the Red Planet. The best and brightest scientists from Planet Earth are currently working on making that trip in the other direction.
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