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Sailing on the HI-SEAS

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Do you dream of being an astronaut and exploring Mars? Have you always wanted to visit Hawaiʻi, or do you live in Hawaiʻi but just want to get away from your regular life for a while? Do you have a burning desire to carry out research to advance our understanding of long duration space missions? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I highly recommend you apply to be a crewmember on an upcoming HI-SEAS mission! HI-SEAS stands for "Hawaiʻi Space Exploration Analog and Simulation." It's a NASA-funded study led by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The goal of the program is to study aspects of crew cohesion and performance in the context of three simulated Mars surface missions of 4, 8, and 12 month durations in 2014-2016.  You can read all about it and learn about the application details on the HI-SEAS website or in the UH press release . The application deadline is November 1, 2013 . While the study pertains primarily to hum