Madrid, Apr 23 (Notimex) .- A group of European scientists performed a simulation of a manned Mars in the region of Riotinto in the province of Huelva, in southern Spain mission.
As part of this recreation, an astronaut has nailed the European flag very similar to Mars red and ocher place, but that it is actually our own planet.
Today, the region of Rio Tinto, washed by the Red river, has returned to pioneer, where until next April 30 the Moonwalk European project is carried out, simulating a manned mission to the red planet adventure.
Rio Tinto is the closest thing the red planet on Earth . Its soil is played by iron compounds such as jarosite and hematite minerals have also been found on Mars.
“The Red River could be early Mars, so I know can help us explain and learn more about it, “the director of the mission and responsible scientist Moonwalk, Victor Parro project scientists at the Centre for Astrobiology, said.
Since landing on the banks of the Rio Tinto a week ago, They carry out the preparatory work for Mars exploration to be held in the coming days.
the exploration will continue in real time permanently from the International Centre for Mission Control in Zaventem (Brussels ), including a return of between 10 and 20 minutes of communications, similar to what occurs in connection with Mars.
One of the main objectives of the mission is to test for the first time, communication gestures between an astronaut and a robot, the little rover exploration Yemo, equipped with blades instead of wheels to climb the Martian ramps.
the team takes a week now trying costumes space, instruments, modulus of habitability that could be used in the future or communications that would be needed to keep astronauts connected with the Earth.
a mission in the Rio Tinto, will be followed by a second phase on the coast of Marseille, where he carried out tests under the sea, simulating low gravity, as to whether extravehicular activities are carried out on the lunar surface.
“These missions will lead us to learn extreme living conditions and scope of the prototypes we develop for when we have to carry out a global operation, “he said the scientist responsible for the Moonwalk.
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