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[[File:Sutton Haughton-Mars Project.jpg|thumb|[[Jeffrey P. Sutton]] at the Haughton–Mars project]]

The '''Haughton–Mars Project''' ('''HMP''') is an international [[interdisciplinary]] [[field research]] project being carried out near the  [[Haughton impact crater]] on [[Canada]]'s northern [[Devon Island]]. [[Human-centered computing]] (HCC) studies are aimed at determining how human explorers might live and work on other planetary objects, in particular on [[Mars]].<ref name=NTRS>{{cite web|author1=Clancey, William J. |author2=Sierhuis, Maarten |title=Human-Centered Computing: Haughton-Mars Project 1999 Science Field Report |url=https://billclancey.name/HMP99/hcc.html|work=Human Exploration and Development of Space Enterprise|publisher=NASA Ames Research Center|access-date=12 September 2011}}</ref> Conducted jointly by [[SETI]] and the [[Mars Institute]], the project's goal is to utilize the Mars-like features of Devon Island and the impact crater to develop and test new technologies and field operating procedures, and to study the human dynamics which result from extended contact in close quarters. This knowledge will be used in planning missions by both humans and robots to other terrestrial bodies.

The HMP came about as a [[postdoctoral research]] proposal by [[Pascal Lee]], then a [[Cornell University]] graduate student. The proposal was approved by the [[United States National Research Council|National Research Council]] and [[NASA]] [[Ames Research Center]] in 1996. By 2000, the science and exploration research goals had been set, and a number of features which could serve as Mars analogs had been found. The core module of the NASA HMP Base Camp, the HMP X-1 Station, had been built. It serves as a hub, connecting a number of tents in a star-like configuration.

The project is funded primarily by NASA, but draws nearly half of its support from other sources. A large number of governmental and non-governmental organizations and agencies worldwide contribute annually to the project's activities. As well as financial contributions, the project has also been the recipient of gifts such as the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse, donated by SpaceRef Interactive, and a specially-equipped [[Humvee]], donated by [[AM General]].

The active period of the project is in the summer, when tens of researchers, students, support staff, and media arrive on site. A core group of about ten stays the summer, while other individuals stay for shorter periods. Local high school students are hired to assist with field activities.

Ten participants in the project voluntarily underwent comprehensive field immunology assessments.  The purpose of the study was to evaluate mission-associated effects on the human immune system, as well as to evaluate techniques developed for processing immune samples in remote field locations.<ref name=immune>{{cite journal |author1=Crucian, Brian |author2=Lee, Pascal |author3=Stowe, Raymond |author4=Jones, Jeff |author5=Effenhauser, Rainer |author6=Widen, Raymond |author7=Sams, Clarence |title=Field Immune Assessment during Simulated Planetary Exploration in the Canadian Arctic |website=NASA Technical Reports Server |date=January 2006 |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060052407 |hdl=2060/20060052407 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.marsonearth.org/ Haughton-Mars Project]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110207185953/http://haughtonmarsproject.com/ Haughton-Mars Project Website]
*[http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=459 Mars on Earth: The NASA Haughton-Mars Project, Part 1]
*[http://www.space.com/adastra/adastra_haughton_050208.html NASA Haughton-Mars Project - Summertime on a "Planet" Close to Home]
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