Long TextExercise 26 of 83

Six scientists have completed a year-long simulation of a Mars mission, during which they lived in a dome in near-isolation. The group lived in the dome on a Mauna Loa mountain in Hawaii and were only allowed to go outside if wearing spacesuits. On Sunday the simulation ended and the scientists emerged. Previous…

• What point is the writer making in the first paragraph?
• How, according to the writer, was harmony maintained in the second paragraph?