Do you think they have a true or good "real to life" experience of what it would be like to live on Mars for a year? Why or why not?
How could concepts of an Earth system (or, in this case, "Mars system"), impact what they would actually experience on Mars?
Read article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/28/mars-scientists-nasa-dome-hawaii-mountain-isolation