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M.A.R.T.E. in Rio Tinto, Spain
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Course Description:
New Discovery Channel Link
- See "A Siesta on Mars" at: http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=10/25/2005
NASA scientists team up with Spanish Centro de Astrobiología,
to complete the third year of the Mars Analog Research and Technology
Experiment (MARTE). Where a river runs red and a uniquely extreme metallic
geological content exists, NASA continues to search for sulfur-based
extremophilic bacteria. The team’s goal is to develop technology
for drilling for life on Mars using this Mars analog. They will develop
these protocols by testing a robotic coring drill this September and
share their data and engineering expertise with students taking this
course. Lectures will be given by 8 scientists and engineers working
on the MARTE project. Topics will include robotic drilling for planetary
exploration, sample handling, remote operations, surface-lander design,
and field testing at the Rio Tinto Mars analog. Available
for viewing in Spanish and English.
Students will have the opportunity to ask the engineers and scientists
questions via chatroom.
For more info about MARTE, go to http://marte.arc.nasa.gov/
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Dates:
Fall 2005
Click
Here to Register - http://robotics.nasa.gov/courses/fall05/reg.php
Non-NHU
students in addition need to register with NHU. Please go to: http://www.nhu.edu/admissions/application.htm.
There, you can either print out an application or ask for an application
to be mailed to you. Contact Jennifer
Cordero with any questions by clicking here.
| Ricardo Amils of the
MARTE team, testing the acidity of the Rio Tinto in an area where
extremophilic life is found. |
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