Research Projects 2016

For hundreds of years, both the planet Mars and the Minas de Riotinto have been objects in the creation of myths and of research: Minas de Riotinto is one of the oldest copper mines in the world and it is believed that these are the mines of the mythical King Solomon while today industrial archaeologists and scientists are researching the conditions of life on earth. As the consistency of the soil, due (partially) to the surface mining, is similar to that on Mars, the scarred landscape of Rio Tinto has become an analogue terrestrial site for simulation of future missions to Mars. VENUS MISSION and mars analog give us a sense of traces of living and working – traces that take us from the ravaged landscape of Rio Tinto to utopias of Mars colonization.