Mars Habitat and Space Suits: Mars Society Brazil and COBRUF celebrate partnership
COBRUF Space Suits Competition will have a specialist judge from Mars Society Brazil. A technical visit of participants of all the COBRUF Aerospace Competitions to Habitat Mars is being considered.
Mars Society Brazil is the newest institutional partner of the COBRUF Association in the promotion of 2019 COBRUF Aerospace Competitions. The partnership is an important step towards the advancement of applied research in space suits and space stations in Brazil.
The Mars Society is one of the largest organizations in the world in defense of the human exploration and colonization of Mars. This renowned international organization is responsible for several studies on the red planet. Among these studies are the Mars Analogs: research stations for practical simulations of habitations on Mars, where human behavior is studied in a confined environment under conditions analogous to those of future astronauts on Mars missions.
Its Brazilian side, Mars Society Brazil, is responsible for Habitat Marte, located about 100 km from Natal-RN, which is already in its 12th edition. In addition to Brazil, only the US, Russia, China, Israel, France, Italy, Canada and Australia have Mars Analogs.
“The partnership between Mars Society Brazil and the COBRUF Association is the result of mutual admiration. Mars Society Brazil believes that both initiatives are committed to increasing the interest of young people and children in space. Both initiatives contribute to the construction of competences in the space area, a strategic aspect for the advanced training of human resources aimed at a new space economy in Brazil “, says Dr. Julio Rezende, Mars Society Brazil coordinator and professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
The COBRUF Aerospace Competitions (CACs) are the most ambitious ecosystem of space exploration educational competitions and aim to democratize the access of students from Brazil and the world to peaceful space exploration and the Right to Fly Higher. The competition ecosystem receives teams in the areas of experimental sounding rockets, planetary space suits, deep space cubesats, rovers and drones for Mars exploration and AUVs for Ocean Worlds exploration.
Through the partnership, Mars Society Brazil will provide a judge with hands-on experience in Habitat Mars simulations for the COBRUF’s unique experimental space suits competition. In addition, the institutions will try to enable logistics so that attendees of the COBRUF Aerospace Competitions can visit and get a closer look at the Habitat Mars facilities, with possible (non-evaluative) tests of the teams’ own space suits in the structure, if they wish. It is expected that the technological advances made by the teams will contribute to the research of Mars Analogs in Brazil and in the world.
“The COBRUF Association and the Mars Society Brazil are pioneers in Brazil in studies of human exploration and colonization of Mars. Through this partnership, we take another important step in strengthening and integrating research and development of technologies that can be useful for applications in medicine and agriculture on Earth, as well as manned missions to the red planet.“, says Emersson Nascimento, CEO of COBRUF Association.
Team registrations for the COBRUF Aerospace Competitions, including the space suits competition, are open. Interested parties can register via https://aerospacecompetitions2019.eventbrite.com.br.
Check the rules at: https://blog.cobruf.com.br/competitions
About Partners
Mars Society Brazil
Mars Society Brazil went into operation in 2019, after examining and evaluating how the Mars Society representation in Brazil would work. The group composed of students from different UFRN undergraduate courses are evaluating and performing different activities such as organizing events and setting agenda and meeting themes.
The United States-based The Mars Society has for more than 20 years developing the popularization of science and technology with a special focus on space exploration, giving close attention to Mars research and exploration strategies.
Mars Society Brazil aims to engage students and teachers in their activities, encouraging the general interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and the interest in academic and professional careers in space.
COBRUF Association
The COBRUF Association is a private, non-profit Brazilian institution with a qualified team, 100% composed of volunteer members. Since 2015, COBRUF has promoted several aerospace projects with an educational focus with professionalism, driven the technical expertise of students at the highest international levels and brought together innovative technological concepts to contribute to peaceful space exploration.
A market leader, COBRUF is one of the most influential private initiatives in Brazilian aerospace education, has international experience, industry recognition and is the only Brazilian institution with consolidated experience in professional student rocket operations at a federal space launch center, by hosting its rocket competition at the Barreira do Inferno Launch Center.
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Mars Society Brazil
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