Channel 10, London et Kirschenbaum
A group of researchers spend time in a dome like structure near a volcano in Hawaii.
They came out after fulfilling their mission. We'll see two of the researches that coming out of this structure
The goal of this social experiment.. also functioning experiment on the surface of Mars Was to prepare humans to fly to remote planet
That was the idea. Now, working groups like that are spread globally with different goals, but all the
knowledg acquaired is compiled and will be at our aid when will have to, or wish to, leave this damn place
and go to other planets
Roy Naor is a Planetary Geologist from Weizmann institute of Science, and he plans to take part in a similar future simulation
You are righ...- So lets say a word about the mission that ended in Hawaii, What where they aimed to achieve there?
O.K. Thanks Yaron,  The Mission spread on exactly one year. Under the lead of Hawaii University and funded by NASA,
When the preliminary goal was psychological and medical research to test the affect of insolation
on a group of researchers during the whole year. Trying to understand what are the affecting parameters
in order to improve it for futre real research on Mars
the team ability to function
- Where they not aloud to leave the structure?
- We are caling the mission Analog mission and part of it was to simulate an EVA wearing a space suit
like they would do in a real Mars mission
- We are doing a similar experiment in the Big Brother TV show, regulary, again and again
Its somehow similar, yet very different. The consept of scientific research is much stronger here
They are not monitored in this manner, but more of a medical functioning monitoring. Each of them running a blog
but it is very different. -O.K. now, what would be the your mission of your group? where will it be "imprisoned"
So, I myself heading towards an analog mission on January as well. It won't be in Hawaii but in Utah desert
In the U.S. for two weeks and not a wholl year... Can't spare so much time/ the goal would be to
have a "proof of concept", to prove it is passible to use 3D printing, from the local material, in order to build a mars structure
Because if we would like to build a structure on Mars we won't be able to bring the material with us
It is just cost too much energy. if we will be able to use the local soil to feed a 3d printer to manufacture kind of interlocking blocks
which can conect to each other and sill, ther a good chance we will be able to move forward with the
transporting scientific exploration to Mars
-and what are the characteristic of the structure you'll stay in?
- The structure itself is very small. It is not similar to the one in Hawaii. it is made for 6 people as well
and much more sciense (natural science) orinted. It is less aimed at studing psycological effects,
every one of us, I myself as a geologist going to perform there the geological research which interest me.
-And from the soil of Utah desert?
- Yes - The Utah desert soil is a simulant for Mar's dirt? We do know the charaturistics of Mars dirt because we studied samples from Mars
So can we tell if it similar enough? - So it is trough that  it is not so geologically similar, mars terrane is mostly volcanic
such as basalt, while in Utah desert it is a mix of different things. The mineralogical composition is not too different in the end
because we need silica in order to produce glass.
In the end, we are a group of scientists, I will function as the geologist,
The others are engineers, we have a biologist, and we evan hold an artist that will follow our mission
we are cold "Teak PRIMA" , or crew 173,  and we are
- Why 173? 173 teams where already there?
-Thats right, This place exists since 2001, 
- Say, when looking on the compiled data in all of those missions
and ther were tens, maybe hundreds of them, we where saying, "Are we ready to ride Captain?!"
I think that most things about staying there are known,  people who saw the  Mark Watney's movie
a lot of what was presented there is actually passiple
In the end, most problems this days are related to how to get there, and even more then that, political
problems of how to fund this, beacuse in the end, if it under NASA's responsibility, we need the U.S. public to support this.
If it will turn to be a commercial market, the market itself will dictate it
and truth is, many times we are interested... analog mission can serve as to research, it can serve engeneers
-It can also give some achievements that we can apply in our country, until we are heading there
We are left with one minute that I would like to use for your benefit. You are initiating some kind of practical university for kids and youth
which you will train to be space explorers
- You are right. So, like I said, anlog mission can be use for research, for testing engenrring tools,
and it can also use for educational outreach. We at the Weizmann institute,  Davidson institute applied
for an Israel Space Agency open call, to perform some kind of astronaut training for youth with a goal to
teach them to use scientific tools, while studing physics, biology and geology, in order to apply it all
in an analog mission which I hope we will cary in Ramon crate.
-Lets see something:
This when they escape their tent right? -Yes
- Roy, Thanks a lot.
