07/05/2025
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/07/05/volunteers-experience-life-on-mars-in-the-utah-desert.html
Our EVA LInk project has been mentioned on CNBC News!
This is a tracking and data relay system for simulated astronauts in the desert that logs where they are and sends it back to the main outpost. It works over a far greater distance than voice radios, so it's a key safety feature. I came up with the idea with the Mars Society team based on a mishap I had where I nearly got heatstroke WAY out of radio range of the hab. Systems like this can let any crew with line of sight on mountaintop relay send and SOS that includes their exact position. It can also be used to show where samples are taken when simulating research on Mars.
Humanity is far from colonizing Mars, but that’s not stopping a group of space enthusiasts from practicing anyway. CNBC shadowed crew 315 on the last day of their analog mission at the Mars Desert Research Station near Hanksville, Utah. The crew showed us their habitat and took us along for an ext...
