NASA expects it will take about 500 days for humans to reach the Red Planet, but Canadian engineers say a laser-based system could cut that journey down
Engineers from McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, say they have developed a laser-thermal propulsion system, where lasers are used to heat hydrogen fuel, to get to Mars in just six weeks.
To better understand how this unusual hibernation process works, Université de Montréal biologist, Matthew Regan, injected the blood of ground squirrels with tracking agents.
The sack built at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center works by using vacuum tech to relieve the fluid pressure on the brain and the optical nerve.
The UK Space Agency s contest is open to children all across the country and will run until March 2022, ensuring kids, parents and teachers have time to enter.