MarsQuest Exhibition: On a Mission to Mars!
Launching from the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester.
Scheduled Takeoff: 1st April
Destination: Mars, The Red Planet
Launch location: Science and Industry Museum, Manchester
Duration: Throughout School Holidays
Quest:
What are the atmospheric conditions like on Mars?
Can Mars sustain life forms?
What does Martian soil feel like?
Launch your imagination into space! Become a Mars explorer for the day! Control a moon-buggy as it explores the Martian landscape! Experience a volcanic eruption as it would feel on Mars.
Did you know?
The largest volcano on Mars is called Olympus Mons and measures a whopping 6kms high!
With over twenty interactive exhibits and a planetarium show, the experience will make you feel like you are standing on our neighbouring planet of Mars, and not on Earth over 34,646,418 miles away!
Submitted by: Shelley Deasey, SETPOINT Greater Manchester, 30 November 2005
