Because for every mistake we make here on earth, we hope we don’t repeat it on Mars,” said Gernot Gromer, director of the Austrian Space Forum.
The Austrian association is running the project together with the Israel Space Agency and local group D-MARS.“The habitat, right now, is the most complex, the most modern analog research station on this planet,” said Gromer, standing beside the 120 sq meter (1,300 sq feet) structure shaped like two large, connected yurts.