This is the sixth in a series of reports from the HI-SEAS simulated Mars mission. Read others in the series here.
Angelo Vermeulen watches his first sunset in a month through the new window in the HI-SEAS habitat. Photo by Sian Proctor. One month down. On Wednesday we had a party to celebrate. We listened to a retro playlist of The Who, Missy Elliott, Alanis Morissette, and the Monkees. We made spam musubi and chocolate cake. We drank lemonade spiked with dehydrated raspberries, mangos, pineapple and papaya. (Alas, alcohol is not allowed on the mission.) And at sunset, we unveiled a window installed earlier that day, a porthole to lava fields, distant volcanoes and a glorious orange globe. We toasted to the window, to the sun, to our camaraderie and to only three more months left to go. When I signed up for this project, I wasn’t sure what the ...
