The researchers live and work at night in the Utah desert , simulating life on Earth . Environment created by group that supports exploration and colonization of the Red Planet . After the Journal of Cosmology published a paper in October suggesting that the first trips to Mars would be feasible only as one-way journeys , the journal 's editor received over 400 emails from people `` volunteering '' for the mission . Researchers wear clothes outside , eating only organic , shelf - stable food .
The researchers live and work at night in the Utah desert , simulating life on Earth . Environment created by group that supports exploration and colonization of the Red Planet . Researchers wear clothes outside , eating only organic , shelf - stable food .