Mars Desert Research Station CME
Mars Desert Research Station CME
$2,395.00
MARS DESERT RESEARCH STATION CME
May 12-19, 2018
OVERVIEW
Space is the final frontier, and we are going to take you there! On Analog Mars you will understand how humans will thrive in a resource-constrained environment on another planet. We have partnered with the Mars Society and their Mars Desert Research Station (Utah) to give you a state of the art, unprecedented simulation in austere and remote care.
Includes
- Food, supplies, and group gear for the MDRS
- Mission patches & NASA-style jumpsuit
- Motel lodging
- Final celebratory dinner
- interplanetary communication with mission control
- spacesuits for EVA’s and local ATV transportation
- Ground transportation from airports
- MDRS-based 3D printer
- ACCME AMA-PRA 1 credits through the WMS
Suitability
No previous experience necessary.
Crowded living conditions will be part of the astronaut experience.
Physical Challenge Rating (On Scale of 1-5)
Description
Nothing speaks to the essence of “wilderness” more than another planet. Mars represents the most remote and austere environment that humans have ever contemplated exploring. To simulate the demands of living and working on Mars, The Mars Society has established an analogue Mars base, called the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), in the Utah desert. In partnership with the Mars Society, the WMS will use the MDRS as a base of operations for exploring “Mars.” Participants will enter a one week dedicated Mars mission, in which we will utilize spacesuits and rovers to explore the Martian desert, live in a simulated base, collaborate with Mission Control, gaze at the stars through a dedicated observatory, and learn about medical issues unique to astronauts, space flight, and life on other planets. There is a maximum of 7 students for this course.
The purpose of this simulation is to learn about space and wilderness medicine in the context of a simulated Mars mission at the MDRS site in Hanksville, UT.
Participants will be in simulation for their entire stay at MDRS. As a result, there will be a significant component of experiential learning.
- Human Physiologic responses to microgravity: Cardiovascular, Neurovestibular, Musculoskeletal
- The extreme space environment
- Focus on current human spaceflight research: radiation mitigation, skeletal atrophy, mental health
- Point of care testing
- Ultrasound in space, including an on-site ultrasound
- Orienteering by day and by night (including a visit to the on-site observatory)
- Orientation to spacesuit and discussion of pressure physiology
- Performance of medical procedures via telemedicine instruction
- Use of a 3-D Printer
- Psychological and behavioral factors impacting human spaceflight
A sample daily itinerary is included below:
| Time | Activity |
| 7:00 | Wake-Up and Breakfast |
| 8:00 | EVA – Search and Rescue, Evacuation of Crew Member with Long Bone Fracture |
| 11:00 | Lunch |
| 12:00 | Fabrication of splint with 3-D printer |
| 13:00 | Simulation of intubation, sedation, fracture reduction via telemedicine instruction |
| 16:00 | Crew Maintenance Activities |
| 18:00 | Dinner |
| 19:00 | Next Day Briefing and Crew Reports |
| 19:30 | Personal Time |
| 23:00 | Lights Out |
