# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/03/2010 01:18:00 PM
The second phase of the Mars500 simulated mission to the Red Planet launched this morning as six men -- a Frenchman, an Italian, one Chinese man and three Russians -- were locked inside a 19,500-cubic-foot facility outside of Moscow, where they will remain for the next 520 days.
there's a joke in there somewhere.. threee russians, a frenchman, two pieces of euro trash and chinaman walk into a bar....
the real question here is who dies first?
also, does this mean there won't be an american on the first manned mars mission?