Behind every successful space mission is a talented team of support staff back on Earth, guiding the astronauts along the way. When we go to Mars, it will be much the same. But how can we practice these valuable skills? Mars analogues are a great way, and recently, the Austrian Space Forum completed a three week simulation called AMADEE 18. Project Manager Sophie Gruber and Flight Director Reinhard Tlustos join Jake to talk about the mission to the Oman Desert, and what it takes to get the astronauts to succeed.

We Discuss Habitats, Science, and International Collaboration

• The Austrian Space Forum
  • Twitter 
  • Instagram
• AMADEE 18 Website
• AMADEE 18 Press Kit

Other Analogue Coverage

• Episode 7 – Sitting in a Tin Can (feat. Casey Stedman), covering the NASA HERA Analog mission
• Episode 12 – Mission to sMars (feat. HISEAS IV), covering the NASA HISEAS IV year-long mission in Hawai’i

New Products in the WeMartians Shop

• Opportunity’s 5000 sols celebration design, EXTRA NOMINAL
• The Falcon Heavy TWENTYSEVEN design, now in a pullover hoodie!

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WeMartians music is “RetroFuture” and “On My Way” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/