How Virtual Reality Could Help Astronauts on Mars

Could virtual reality make the long trek to Mars more exciting and less stressful for astronauts? An ongoing study in the Canadian High Arctic attempts to answer that question. Researchers have outfitted the residents of Canadian Forces Station Alert (CFS Alert) — the most northerly permanently inhabited outpost in the world, at just 508 miles (817 kilometers) from the North Pole — with new virtual-reality gear that gives them access to beautiful scenery from New Hampshire, Aust