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RE: Haughton-Mars Project

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No One Can Hear You Scream
At Mars on Earth, on Canada's Devon Island, researchers prepare for space travel's worst dangers

But nothing can prepare even the most intrepid astronaut for the physical and psychological trials of life on Mars - nothing, that is, except an approximation of Mars on Earth - and that's where Canada has made its most significant non-human contribution. Devon Island, located in Canada's High Arctic, is massive and uninhabited, with a harsh climate; a barren, rocky terrain; and a meteorite impact crater. For ten years, it's been home to the Haughton-Mars Project, the only polar research station whose raison d'être is to support space exploration
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NASA Simulates Space Exploration At Remote Arctic Crater Site

NASA personnel are among a group of international researchers who are in the Canadian Arctic assessing concepts for future planetary exploration as part of the Haughton-Mars Project, or HMP-2010.
Scientists are using the arid, rocky environment of the Haughton Crater on Devon Island, Canada to simulate conditions that might be encountered by explorers on other planetary bodies. The latest edition of the HMP-2010 began July 19 and includes three weeks of crew and mission control activities and robotic testing.
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