Simulated Mars Mission planned

The mission -- will run from May 1 to Aug. 30 . six scientists will travel to the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station, or FMARS, on Devon Island, a barren and frozen wasteland in the Canadian far north, about 900 miles from the North Pole. There they will live in a two-level metal facility and only go outside wearing 40 pounds of faux spacesuit.