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Feb 19, 2018

Israeli scientists complete a mock mission to Mars

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The experiment was held near the isolated Israeli township of Mitzpe Ramon, whose surroundings resemble the Martian environment in its geology, aridity, appearance and desolation, the ministry said.

The participants were investigating various fields relevant to a future Mars mission, including satellite communications, the psychological affects of isolation, radiation measurements and search ing for life signs in soil.

Participant Guy Ron, a nuclear physics professor from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, said the project was not only intended to look for new approaches in designing a future mission to the Red Planet, but to increase public interest.

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  1. Bennie Beaver says:

    Ain’t it great so much sudden worldwide interesting in space and a return to the Moon, then Mars. thanks Elon Musk and Spacex.

    Let’s hope the West and America are first to rule Mars or risk another world threatened by a cold war if simultaneously we land on one side, Russia on another, China on yet another, then several different religions on all sides. Hell hath no fury, over politics and religion, like mankind can do to high heaven.