I'm totally motivated and committed to Mars. Would that commitment survive in a mission? IMHO, totally because I'd even say yes to a one-way trip with a time li

I'm totally motivated and committed to Mars. Would that commitment survive in a mission? IMHO, totally because I'd even say yes to a one-way trip with a time limit (ie your "life support system will stop working in 3 years") But the idea of an enclosed isolated test environment just doesn't raise the same kind of enthusiasm in me. Unless there are side benefits (like freedom - ie build a new country from scratch in the middle of say Antarctica!!) I don't know why, but I really don't feel like taking part in the experience. I guess it's all about selfishness - being on Mars matches my selfish motives. Doing a 10 years test somewhere in a controlled bunker on earth, a sacrifice for the next team who might do the same on real Mars??? I'll pass the opportunity. That makes me wonder if it would be a good thing to run such an experiment, considering the volunteers would certainly be different (in their reason and personalities) from the ones who would volunteer for a real Mars mission.