Chat with 'People from Mars' in Vietnam

Tomorrow morning, Vietnamese astronomers will hold a talk with one of the six people participating in a life simulation program on Mars.

>> 'People from Mars' chat in Vietnam

Members of the Hanoi Astronomical Astronomical Society (HAS) and the Space Science Department (FSpace) organized exchanges with Virgil Pop - one of the 6 participants in the simulation. In this conversation, Virgil Pop will talk about cosmology education and Mars life simulation experiments that he directly participated in.

In addition, participants will hear about CanSat (satellite just in Coca Cola cans) and the topic of making small satellites. The program will take place at Room 111, No. 8, Ton That Thuyet Street, Cau Giay District, Hanoi.

Virgil Pop first person on the first row. Photo: HAS.

The Mars simulation program is organized by the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) and NASA, taking place in Colorado. Accordingly, 6 scientists live, study, report on a simulated life as being in "red planet". They must wear space astronaut clothes (space helmets) every time they perform activities outside their habitats.

Image of a program that simulates life on Mars. Photo: HAS.