Crews simulate living on the Red Planet at the Mars Society’s Desert Research Station in Utah (Image: Mars Society) Researchers test new visual detection algorithms that analyze images taken on a camera phone. They could be implemented on Mars robots to search for signs of organic matter A researcher captures images on the handset The Mars Desert Research Station is in the middle of the Utah desert
ANYONE strolling by the Mars Society’s Desert Research Station near Hanksville, Utah, in February would have been baffled to see two men in spacesuits bouncing around while pointing cellphones at rocks.
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