Some years ago, I found NASA footage of the urine-recycling system on the International Space Station. I edited it down to keep the good bits and posted the ~2 minute video on YouTube. The part that I really loved about … Continue reading
Our goal as HI-SEAS crew is to get good data about food during the mission. So in addition to rehydrating food, cooking meals for six, and cleaning dishes, we will keep tabs on the ingredients we choose, the time it … Continue reading
Fast Company has a nice write-up about the HI-SEAS mission and why food matters in space exploration. Jean Hunter, principle investigator for our food study and Cornell professor, explains it well: “When you eat the same thing over and over … Continue reading
Well, mock Mars. On the side of a volcano in Hawaii. I am officially a member of the in-habitat crew for the HI-SEAS analog Mars Mission in 2013. Here’s an excerpt from the L.A. Times take on it: Thursday’s announcement … Continue reading
I re-edited some NASA video from STS-128 and set it to Twisted Nerve by Bernard Herrmann: