MASE

Mars Analogues for Space Exploration

Coordinatore	FONDATION EUROPEENNE DE LA SCIENCE    more  Organization address address: QUAI LEZAY MARNESIA 1 city: STRASBOURG CEDEX postcode: 67080 contact info Titolo: Mr Nome: Philippe Cognome: Caillol
Nazionalità Coordinatore	France [FR]
Totale costo	3˙253˙804 €
EC contributo	2˙499˙903 €
Programma	FP7-SPACE Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space
Code Call	FP7-SPACE-2013-1
Funding Scheme	CP-FP
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-12-13   -   2018-01-01

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	FONDATION EUROPEENNE DE LA SCIENCE  Organization address address: QUAI LEZAY MARNESIA 1 city: STRASBOURG CEDEX postcode: 67080 contact info Titolo: Mr Nome: Philippe Cognome: Caillol	FR (STRASBOURG CEDEX)	coordinator	215˙004.90
2	THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  Organization address address: OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE city: EDINBURGH postcode: EH8 9YL contact info Titolo: Ms Nome: Angela Cognome: Noble	UK (EDINBURGH)	participant	451˙465.50
3	DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV  Organization address address: Linder Hoehe city: KOELN postcode: 51147 contact info Titolo: Mrs Nome: Luft Cognome: Tanja	DE (KOELN)	participant	378˙822.75
4	INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL  Organization address address: Carretera de Ajalvir, Km. 4 city: TORREJON DE ARDOZ - MADRID postcode: 28850 contact info Titolo: Ms Nome: Maria Paz Cognome: Blanco Temprano	ES (TORREJON DE ARDOZ - MADRID)	participant	311˙661.75
5	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE  Organization address address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 city: PARIS postcode: 75794 contact info Titolo: Mr Nome: Bastien Cognome: Pincanon	FR (PARIS)	participant	297˙843.60
6	UNIVERSITAET REGENSBURG  Organization address address: UNIVERSITAETSSTRASSE 31 city: REGENSBURG postcode: 93053 contact info Nome: Johanna Cognome: Kronberger	DE (REGENSBURG)	participant	265˙708.80
7	UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN  Organization address address: RAPENBURG 70 city: LEIDEN postcode: 2300 RA contact info Titolo: Mr Nome: Tonnis Cognome: Brouwer	NL (LEIDEN)	participant	249˙441.75
8	UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID  Organization address address: CALLE EINSTEIN, CIUDAD UNIV CANTOBLANCO RECTORADO 3 city: MADRID postcode: 28049 contact info Titolo: Ms Nome: Mª CARMEN Cognome: Puerta	ES (MADRID)	participant	209˙953.20
9	NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL  Organization address address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue city: SWINDON WILTSHIRE postcode: SN2 1EU contact info Titolo: Ms Nome: Lucy Cognome: Gonzalez Pacheco Sosa	UK (SWINDON WILTSHIRE)	participant	60˙000.75
10	MATIS OHF  Organization address address: VINLANDSLEID 12 city: REYKJAVIK postcode: 112 contact info Titolo: Dr Nome: Oddur Cognome: Gunnarsson	IS (REYKJAVIK)	participant	60˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Assessing the habitability of Mars and detecting life, if it was ever there, depends on knowledge of whether the combined environmental stresses experienced on Mars are compatible with life and whether a record of that life could ever be detected. However, our current ability to make these assessments is hampered by a lack of knowledge of how the combined effect of different environmental stresses influence the survival and growth of organisms. In particular, many combinations of stress, such as high radiation conditions combined with high salt and low temperature, relevant for early Mars, have not been investigated. Furthermore, a lack of experimental studies on how anaerobic microorganisms respond to such stresses undermine our knowledge of Mars as a location for life since the planet is essentially anoxic. Even if life can be shown to be potentially supported on Mars, there exist no systematic studies of how organisms would be preserved. MASE proposes to address these limitations in our knowledge and advance our ability to assess the habitability of Mars and detect life. In particular, MASE intends to: - Isolate and characterise anaerobic microorganisms from selected sites that closely match environmental conditions that might have been habitable on early Mars. - Study their responses to realistic combined environmental stresses that might have been experienced in habitable environments on Mars. - Investigate their potential for fossilisation on Mars and their detectability by carrying out a systematic study of the detectability of artificially fossilised organisms exposed to known stresses. Cross cutting aspects of i) optimised methodologies for sample management and experimental process and ii) optimised methodologies for life detection will also be thoroughly considered. MASE will allow us to gain knowledge on Mars habitability and on adaptation of life to extremes, it will also present opportunities to optimise mission operations and life detection.'