Russians Mars mission simulation

Six dudes. One chamber. Mission to Mars. Sounds like a bad reality TV show.

But it's not a TV show, it's an experiment, and it's happening.

MOSCOW — A manned mission to Mars may be decades away, but an international team of researchers will try to experience what one might be like by locking themselves up in a windowless capsule for a year-and-half — the time needed for a roundtrip to the red planet.

The all-male crew of three Russians, a Frenchman, an Italian-Colombian and a Chinese won't endure weightlessness, but from Thursday they will live for 520 days in the spartan conditions of a mock spaceship and follow a harsh regimen of experiments and exercise.

The main task of the Mars-500 experiment is to study the effects of long isolation to help a real space crew of the future cope better with stress and fatigue.

According to the study it has been determined that a great way to pass the time is reading. No crap. I could of told you that scientists. Sheesh.

Now what I want to know is how much these people are making? Living in a small area with 6 others for a year and half does not sound like fun with me. Especially on bean night.

I still think this should be a reality TV show. Last one in there gets to go on the real mission to Mars. And Jeff Probst can host it.

Things that probably should be left in the 1990s

(Bill Romanowski ... can just stay out of the NFL spotlight and the NFL altogether)

Alright, so the 90s were great right? Wonderful decade, lots of great things happened, and we should all be glad that we got the chance to experience it.

Sure, but there are some things we shouldn't get too nostalgic about.

1. Chain Wallets - Was this not the stupidest fad of the 90s. It didn't exactly match up well with the baggy pants that sagged down below your kneecaps. Plus it gave you the same fashion feel as a college freshman wearing his keys with his lanyard sticking out of the pocket. LAAAAME.

2. Sega Saturn - Remember the first kid on the street to get one of these bad boys? Remember how stupid that kid felt when everyone else got an N64 and Playstation?

3. Hale-Bopp - All we got out of that experience was some bad suicide jokes.

4. The Mars Pathfinder - Which apparently made worldwide news for being able to send back roughly one photo every six months. And the photo is of rocks. Of Mars. No Life. Somebody pinch me with the excitement.

5. The Macarena - I think we're still trying to wipe this scourge of a dance off the face of the planet.

6. The rise of Ben Afleck - Who continues to give the Cousin Charlies and Uncle Rickys of the world hope that they one day can overcome an upbringing of douchebaggery and date J-Lo.

7. Soccer moms - We've already covered in this blog how much I hate sports parents. Let me put it this way... these people are the reason that the rest of the world hates America. They spend thousands of dollars on their kids sports, yell and berate them and then brag to their coworkers at work about their kids. All this while running into massive amounts of debt and they just keep doing it. Got to get little Johnny down to the pee wee football tourney in California.

... And yes, I'm blaming sports parents for this new depression.

8. Cordaroids - A little too much 70s for the 90s. Believe me, I know. I had them. And everytime I took a step in them they made a "vvvvt!" noise. Now that's fashion.

9. The Phantom Menace - Still the worst Star Wars movie ever.

10. The Yankees Dynasty - Or as I like to say, a fitting champion for the steroids era. Congrats guys!

Honorable Mention - That guy right up there, Bill Romanowski, who actually ended the career of a teammate when he punched him and crushed the backup tight end's eye socket. Really. Now that's class.