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Rio TINTO EXPEDITION – Day 4: A man and his suit
Ulrich Luger is the central point. He is used to it. On this sunny morning a bunch of people is standing around- and handing stuff to him: special underwear, headgear, a few uncomfortable looking parts for his arms and legs […]
20th of April: Public Day!
Enjoy the Mars in a very small distance! Concentrated scientists, who are surrounded by computers… A space- suit in a landscape full of red sand and hills… And a rover, equipped with cameras, which is observing this situation… Let us […]
Distance makes all the difference!
Back then during the moon missions, the MCC on Earth could respond via radio communication in almost real time to every unpredictable event. We all know the scene from Apollo 13 (“Houston, we have a problem”). Even rescue missions into […]
ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA) in Rio Tinto and the role of the Science Operation Team
The science experiments are one of the most important tasks of Rio Tinto Mission, which are controlled by the Science Operation Team (SciOps). The SciOps includes the Remote Science Support Team (RSS) and the Personal Investigators (PI) and lots of […]
Course West- South- West: Day 3- Touchdown!
Spain – the final frontier. The view changes within minutes between alpine sceneries, green pastures and plantations of olive trees and oaks. We are still travelling towards the South West on well maintained motorways. At one point, rain clouds start […]
Course West- South- West: Day 2- France/ Spain
We start at 07:30 am- without any breakfast because the next shopping mall is about 500 m away. To everyone’s regret, it doesn’t open before 09.00. “No problem,” says the leader of the expedition, “we will get the caffeine- fuelling […]
What is Analogue Research?!
At first glance analogue research is a dreadful word. It sounds like analogue TV and a little out-dated. But that’s not the case, on the contrary. In order to understand what the term “analogue research” really means we have to […]
COURSE WEST – SOUTH – WEST – day 1: Italy/France
On thursday evening all crew members and some of the MCC members arrived in Innsbruck. Two Buchbinder trucks and two private cars have to be made ready to take the forums hardware (Aouda.X, Rover Phileas, Rover Dignity, several chests with […]
Departure
On 15th April the transfer of men and material from Innsbruck in Austria to Rio Tinto in Spain has begun. Ten people, four cars and a few hundred kilograms of luggage are travelling south. The mission has started. Our two […]