Mars is taking place right here on Earth.NASA is tracking two British explorers who are dragging sleds across over 2,000 miles of Antarctica’s most remote region as part of an experiment to understand how future Mars explorers will cope.Over the 80 day “Chasing the Light” expedition, Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer Childs will receive no outside assistance, and use no mechanical aids, relying solely on their own physical and mental strength to drag their 440lb sleds close to the Antarctic’s pole of inaccessibility – the point on the southern continent furthest from the sea.The pair will be collecting their own faeces, urine and other body fluids along the way to help scientist show their bodies react under such extreme stress.As well as.
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