“The four crew members will live in a small housing unit that was constructed using a huge 3D printer to simulate how Nasa may create structures on the Martian surface with Martian soil. They’ll conduct experiments, grow food and exercise – and be tested regularly so scientists can learn what a year on Mars could do to the body and mind.”—”Inside the 3D-printed box in Texas where humans will prepare for Mars. Starting this June, four volunteers will spend a year pretending to live on the red planet inside the Mars Dune Alpha habitat.”

So, they’re going to be living in a sietch on Dune. Will they get to wear stillsuits? Will the mind experiments include Bene Gesserit training?

Hey! They’ve at least got a Sony PlayStation 3 (Not a 5?! This is not the future I was promised.) and Catan – Starfarers.