{"id":3026,"date":"2012-07-15T23:10:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T21:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oewf.org\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2015-09-08T20:51:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T18:51:55","slug":"dachstein-mars-simulation-2012-mission-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oewf.org\/en\/2012\/07\/dachstein-mars-simulation-2012-mission-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Dachstein Mars Simulation 2012 Mission Report"},"content":{"rendered":"T<\/span>he Austrian Space Forum performed a Mars Analogue-Field-test between the 27th of April and the 1st of May, together with international partners. The test took place in the Mammoth and Giant ice caves in the Dachstein Area in Austria. Aside from testing the newest version of the Forum\u2019s Spacesuit simulator Aouda.X, teams from 10 different nations (from the US, Europe and New Zealand) tried geophysical techniques, instruments and ideas for future manned missions to cave systems on Mars.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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For the JPL experiment ice sample had to be taken in the Tristan dome. (c) OEWF (Katja Zanella-Kux)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Why in the Dachstein Ice caves?<\/h2>\n

For a few years it is now known that cave systems exist on Mars<\/strong>. These systems offer stable environmental conditions and are one of the more interesting sites in the search for live in our solar system.<\/p>\n

“Hardly any temperature changes, protection from radiation and even the prospect of stable water ice resources make those caves to one of the most logical places to find hints of life on Mars \u2013 if it has ever developed.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

, summarises project leader Dr. Gernot Gr\u00f6mer. The Austrian Space Forum is developing concepts and technologies which can be utilised during a manned space mission to the red planet.<\/p>\n

The field test focussed on:<\/strong><\/p>\n