One team to be locked up in a windowless capsule for about a year and a half . Six men to be in cramped , claustrophobic conditions in a special facility in Moscow . They 'll talk to mission control via internet , do tasks similar to space station astronauts . It weighs roughly one metric ton and is about the size of a small automobile . The hope project will shed light on psychological , physical effects of Mars colonization .
One team to be locked up in a windowless capsule for about a year and a half . Six men to be in cramped , claustrophobic conditions in a special facility in Moscow . They 'll talk to mission control via internet , do tasks similar to space station astronauts . The hope project will shed light on psychological , physical effects of Mars colonization .