article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, seven companies have been picked to work on the habitats that will house astronauts as seven companies make seven companies way to Mars in the 2030s.
article_snippet.sent: To make the journey to Mars, expected to last anywhere from several months to three years, astronauts will need to live in some other structure.
article_snippet.sent: Nasa will be hoping one of the projects it is funding will find a way to house the astronauts for the grueling journey to and from the red planet.
article_snippet.sent: To make the journey to Mars, expected to last anywhere from several months to three years, astronauts will need to live in some other structure .
article_snippet.sent: Nasa is also asking companies to development capabilities to sustain a crew of four for 60 days in cis-lunar space - between Earth and the moon - with the ability to scale up to Mars missions.
article_snippet.sent: companies include Bigelow Aerospace, who are creating an inflatable habitation module - a prototype of which will be attached to the ISS in 2018.