MARS SCIENTISTS RE-ENTER WORLD AFTER 8 MONTHS OF ISOLATION

After eight months of living in isolation on a remote Hawaii volcano, six NASA-backed research subjects emerged from their Mars-like habitat on Sunday (yesterday) and returned to civilization. The crew of four men and two women were quarantined on a vast plain below the summit of the world’s largest active volcano in January. All of their communications with the outside world were subjected to a 20-minute delay – the time it takes for signals to get from Mars to Earth. They are part of a study designed to better understand the psychological impacts that a long-term manned mission to space would have on astronauts. The data they gathered will help NASA better pick crews that have certain traits and a better chance of doing well during a two-to-three year Mars expedition.
* North Korea, Trump, Hurricanes, the new Fall TV season – the hard part will be keeping them from running back inside.
* The hardest thing to deal with? Back in February, somebody farted.
* Just make sure the Mars astronauts are kind of young. They’ll spend the three years on their devices and love every minute of it.
* One problem the crew has to face: Really boring Snapchat Stories.
* They did dodge a bullet – nobody came out pregnant.