The Earth and Space Foundatlon
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Field research also applies the Earth's environmental and biological resources to the human exploration and settlement of space. This may include the use of remote environments on Earth, as well as physiological and psychological studies in harsh environments. In one research project, the Foundation provided a grant to an international caving expedition to study the psychology of explorers subjected to long-term isolation in caves in Mexico. The psychometric tests on the cavers were used to enhance US astronaut selection criteria by the NASA Johnson Space Center. Space-like environments on Earth help us understand how to operate in the space environment or help us characterise extraterrestrial environments for future scientific research. In the Arctic, a 24- kilometre, wide impact crater formed by an asteroid or comet 23 million years ago has become home tc a Mars- analogue programme. The Foundation helped fund the NASA Haughton-Mars Project to use this crater to test communications and exploration technologies in preparation for the human exploration of Mars. The crater, which sits in high Arctic permafrost, provides an excellent replica of the physical processes occurring on Mars, a permafrosted, impact-altered planet. Geologists and biologists can work at the site to help understand how impact craters shape the geological characteristics and possibly biological potential of Mars.
Field research
also
applies the Earth's environmental and biological resources to the human exploration and settlement of space. This may include the
use
of remote
environments
on Earth,
as well
as physiological and psychological studies in harsh
environments
. In one research project, the Foundation provided a grant to an international caving expedition to study the psychology of explorers subjected to long-term isolation in caves in Mexico. The psychometric
tests
on the cavers were
used
to enhance US astronaut selection criteria by the NASA Johnson Space Center. Space-like
environments
on Earth
help
us understand how to operate in the space
environment
or
help
us characterise extraterrestrial
environments
for future scientific research. In the Arctic, a 24- kilometre, wide impact
crater
formed by an asteroid or comet 23 million years ago has become home tc a
Mars-
analogue programme. The Foundation
helped
fund the NASA Haughton-Mars Project to
use
this
crater
to
test
communications and exploration technologies in preparation for the human exploration of
Mars
. The
crater
, which sits in high Arctic permafrost, provides an excellent replica of the physical processes occurring on
Mars
, a permafrosted, impact-altered planet. Geologists and biologists can work at the site to
help
understand how impact
craters
shape the geological characteristics and
possibly
biological potential of
Mars
.
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