Question

Why are six people living in a geodesic dome on the slopes of a volcano in Hawaii?
Passage: "Right now, six people are living in a nearly windowless, white geodesic dome on the slopes of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano. They sleep in tiny rooms, use no more than eight minutes of shower time a week and subsist on a diet of freeze-dried, canned, or preserved food. When they go outside, they exit through a mock airlock, clad head to toe in simulated spacesuits. The dome’s occupants are playing a serious version of the game of pretend—what if we lived on Mars?"

Answer 1

Answer:

The people are living on the slopes of a volcano of Hawaii as a test of what the isolation and experience would be like if people would try to settle on Mars. This is a simulation of what the experience would be like, and is about as close as you can get while still on Earth.

Side note, I remember reading this passage in middle school!!

Answer 2

Answer:

The people are living on the slopes of a volcano of Hawaii as a test of what the isolation and experience would be like if people would try to settle on Mars. This is a simulation of what the experience would be like, and is about as close as you can get while still on Earth.

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