researchers simulate , dressed in a space suit weighing 50 kg, a trip to Mars, without having to budge their places in the valley Konrtal glacier in Austria, where the conditions are similar to the climatic conditions of the Red Planet.
The aim of the experimental task, which begins Friday, to simulate the conditions and attitudes that astronauts may face in the future a real trip to Mars.The researcher says Inigo Munoz Olorza "My main goal to get to know the greatest degree possible How will feel a leading real space in the future on Mars or on another planet."Scientists believe that water once existed on Mars now turned into what looked like the bottom of a glacier there is a rocky or sandy surface.The simulation conducted in this ice-site in Austria is in full swing. Researchers will not be able to communicate with the outside world only through wireless communication in mission control center.And they will have to wait 20 minutes to receive a response, the same time that says the president of Space Forum in Austria, which will take to respond to the arrival of any contact between the Earth and Mars.Experts say that in front of us 20 or 30 years before the arrival of man to the surface of Mars, but the intent of the experimental tasks is to highlight the human limits that astronauts may face in the future on a mission to explore the Red Planet.
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