Students will fly to Mars on the asteroid

Students of the International space school at MSTU named after Bauman demonstrated a magnificent project of a manned flight to Mars, which will take place on the asteroid. It is expected that the participants of the expedition will be located inside it.

One of the key tasks of the mission is to provide complete protection against cosmic radiation. And from it you can hide just inside the asteroid That among other things can help save countless fuel, which is now spent on the delivery of radiation protection from Earth into space, informs "Interfax".

The project implies that the astronauts landed on the asteroid and already it get to Mars, which will be delivered there before landing module. As we reported experts to seep in cosmic body, you will need to master the technology of "implementation". She already vigorously developed by scientists.

This idea was presented by students from the project "the space Research: theory and practice". In the current quarter, he gathered about 150 students of Universities , among them 40 people are foreigners: the Americans, the Swiss, Swedes and Koreans. Now they have to work to the professionals.

According to the Manager of Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko, the Federal space Agency will continue to support student initiatives, and to contribute to the development of educational programs. "The rocket and space industry at the moment is necessary to start with, people, United by one idea that will create the most advanced technology necessary for further movement forward," he concluded.

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