Haría will become this Friday, February 10, the headquarters of the lunar lava tube exploration project 'CoRob-X'. Through state-of-the-art 'rovers', Haría will host the presentation of a four-phase simulation of a lunar exploration mission that has been carried out in the municipality with the participation of representatives from six countries.
The mayoress of Haría, Evelia García, invites all interested people to attend this unique event in the municipality during the afternoon of this Friday, starting at 4:30 p.m., in the Plaza de Haría, where they can enjoy an experience that highlights the natural conditions of the Island for this type of experiments.
“Our municipality and the Island have such a special environment that major projects in the world of science choose us as the headquarters for their demonstrations. Haría has such unique enclaves that the lunar surface can be simulated, in such a way that this device will perform such a complex task from a territory like ours,” says the mayoress.
Evelia García also assures that the company in charge of the project guaranteed that the rovers do not contain dangerous substances and are made of metals, plastics and high-durability electronic components and do not release harmful waste, therefore being respectful with the environment and surroundings of the Island.
The phases that the project that has been developed in the municipality consisted of exploration, in which the three robots inspected the ground and built a map of the area around the jameo.
Secondly, one of these deployed a device with computational payload. The other robots tracked it and analyzed its flight path. During the flight, the device collects data with its sensors.
In the next step, another of these robots descended through the jameo, rappelling using a communication and current cable as a rope.
Finally, once landed at the bottom of the cave, it disconnected from the cable used to descend and began to explore the cave. The 'rover' collects data to create a detailed 3D model of the cave and, when finished, reconnects to the communications cable and transmits the data to another of the robots.
