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NASA Eyes Svalbard For Mars Research

Posted by Hemos on from the testing-it-out dept.

TomMajor writes "The US space agency NASA is keen on using Svalbard as a regular testing grounds for future expeditions to Mars. One expert says research conditions on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago are "first-class.""

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  1. Longyearbyen, svalbard is a perfect place by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I have been to svalsat several times and the norwegians are very skilled engineers. because of longyearbyen being a small island you are you have very limited resorces and need very talented people to maintain stubility to the operations center. I am glad to hear that more work from nasa is flowing that way.