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World has made it easy for you. because today in 2011 the world is faking a space mission in plain sight. this is the crew of mars 500. six guys total. three russians, frenchman, chinese man and colombian guy all shut up in a windowless maze of bus sized modules since june. since eight months and 22 days ago to be exact. they are living the way real astronauts would. they are in isolation, eating astronaut food, they are talking to earth only sporadically and with simulated communication delays....

Its all part of the project mars 500 project. the six-member crew is sealed up in a pretend space ship for 520 days. wow. researchers are trying to understand the psychological effects on astronauts who may someday make that real-life mission to mars. t.j.? >> well, kiran, now to the ultimate run for charity. pat farmer is what they call an ultra marathoner, a former federal minister of australian parliament. he is hitting the ground, running for a good cause. the goal is to raise $100 million f...