A project on the expansion of humans to Mars wins the STEAM modality of the ‘Ciencia en Acción’ contest

The project ‘ARES III: Mission to Mars’, developed by 4th year ESO students from Cor de Maria de Valls (Tarragona), receives 1st prize in the STEAM modality in the international ‘Ciencia en Acción’ competition. The ‘Ciencia en Acción’ contest, which in its XXIV edition took place on October 27, 28 and 29 in Viladecans (Barcelona), is an initiative of the Red Innpulso that aims to present science in an attractive and motivating way. 

The project ‘ARES III: Mission to Mars’ shows different aspects of human expansion to Mars based on a model of Nüwa, a prototype for a self-sustaining city on that planet led by researchers from the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC); the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC); the School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering of Terrassa (ESEIAAT – UPC) and the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB), together with the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM, CSIC).

The students of the Cor de Maria de Valls, accompanied by professors Imma Abad and Xavier Masip, addressed the topic of trips to Mars, exploring everything from scientific discovery to the expansion of human beings to other worlds. During the development of the project, the students had the opportunity to collaborate with different experts on the subject, such as the scientists of the Hypatia I Mission or Miquel Sureda, space and aeronautical engineering professor at the UPC and also an IEEC member.