CoukieEurope's EXOMARS Mission
June 13th 2006 07:07
An example of the technology used in the Exomars Mission is the Life Maker Chip (LMC) that is going to be used to test the Mars's soil looking for molecules related with the cration of life. The chip will look for aminoacides and specifically for adenosine triphosphate, wich are critical for energy transfer in cells.
A this stage Britain is making sure that it will play a leading role in this technology development since its a UK led international consortium that is developing the technology and it was awarded with 2.5 m Euro from the UK's Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PParc). As important as the technology itself is the means of transportation since weight restrictions limits the mission to 800 g. The mission includes a rover equiped to drill in the Martian soil.
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