Newsgroups: sci.space
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: 1992 moon base
Message-ID: <1989Feb15.235800.20880@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1989Feb13.074530.17504@cs.rochester.edu> <646@m3.mfci.UUCP> <698@uceng.UC.EDU>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 89 23:58:00 GMT

In article <698@uceng.UC.EDU> dmocsny@uceng.UC.EDU (daniel mocsny) writes:
>...To the extent the Antarctic winter is similar to life on the moon, the
>experiences of the staffs provide valuable information on the prospects
>for sustaining communities there.

There is one obvious dissimilarity:  the winter staff in Antarctica know
that they're in "maintenance mode", with all the real activity waiting
for the summer.  This will affect motivation.
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