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Physicist Daniel Schildhammer wears the Aouda.X spacesuit simulator during a field test of Oesterreichisches Weltraum Forum (Austrian space forum) inside the Eisriesenhoehle (giant ice cave) at Dachstein mountain near the village of Obertraun, Austria, April 28. The Aouda.X is a spacesuit simulator for manned missions to Mars, which is being developed under the Mars Analog Research Program PolAres and allows the simulation of environmental conditions a real space suit would present on Mars.
From April 27 through May 1, a five day Mars field test will take place at the caves. The simulation will provide scientists and engineers from 3 different continents with the opportunity to carry out selected geophysical and biomedical experiments, most of them related to the human exploration of Mars.
Learn more from the European Space Agency.
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Just don't eat a bunch of gassy creating foods like beans before you suite up ....
Good observation. Actually, the food they are given are designed to address that concern. In addition, as far as I know, their still is no deodorant allowed on space missions, or in subs, because of the CO2 scrubbers will get fouled up. But I would hope to be corrected on that.
"Dave, how come you are walking in an ice cave, Dave?" "I thought I was your friend Dave." "Why aren't you listening to your old friend Hal, Dave?" Dave says, "Hal, shut up and let's go bowling!"