On the Way to Impact - Former Pilot Projects

Port of Mars

Port of Mars is a game-based, social science experiment that continues to serve as a test bed to study social dilemmas . Most recently, the game evolved into the online version — one that is open to the general public and allows for unlimited gameplay and automated data collection.

Scalable Interactive Model of an Off-World Community (SIMOC)

SIMOC has continued new simulation technology with SIMOCB2, a comprehensive simulation of the initial sealed missions conducted at Biosphere 2. Building upon this success, the team introduced SIMOC Live, a cutting-edge system that collects data from a wide range of sensors, used in SAM, a fully functional Mars Habitat designed to replicate the conditions of a sealed and pressurized environment, enabling researchers to simulate realistic scenarios for future Mars missions. SAM recently received $1.5 million in funding to expand its research.