7 hours agoIsraeli scientists complete Mars' mission in the South Desert
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)A team of six researchers Sunday has completed a four-day experiment in the Israeli desert of Negev, where they have tried to survive according to the living conditions of the red planet Mars, says the Israeli Ministry of Technology and Science. The experiment took place near the isolated Israeli settlement of Mitspe Ramon, the environment of [...]
The experiment took place near the isolated Israeli settlement of Mitspe Ramon, whose environment resembles Mars in terms of geology, drought, sight and sand, the ministry announced.
Participants were investigating various areas related to a future mission in March, including satellite communications, psychological effects of isolation, radiation measurements and the research of life on earth, reports “Reuters”, Periscope broadcast.
Participants Guy Ron, a professor of nuclear physics from the Jewish University of Jerusalem, said the project was not only to look at what the red planet looked like, but to increase public interest.
Project “D-March” was developing for the first time in Israel in co-operation with the Israeli Space Agency.
It's one of Mars' simulation projects going on around the world./Periscopi/
