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However, the parallels run considerably deeper than it initially seems; For instance, many aren't aware that just as astronauts suffer loss of bone density in microgravity, so do deep saturation divers although for them it is a product of breathing exotic gas mixtures under high pressure. The surface is also effectively as unreachable as Earth would be for astronauts on the Moon, because even at 60 feet their tissues saturate with nitrogen such that to simply swim to the surface would mean certain death. No matter how close it looks, it cannot safely be reached except by 17 hours of decompression.

In each following section, I'll explore commonalities between the technology and methodology of sea/space exploration towards a list of proposals for the Mars Society as to how they might benefit from either a low cost undersea space analog program or related concepts that may apply to MDRS operations.