Sweden joins hunt for life in space
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Published: 14 Sep, 2005 CET.
Updated: Wed 14 Sep 2005 12:28 CET
Sweden is to participate in a new project to hunt for life in space. The project was being presented at a space forum in Trollhättan on Wednesday, reported TV4.
Several Swedish companies will cooperate with companies from Germany, Denmark and France on developing new technologies.
The project is called Prisma and is part of the international Darwin project, which is exploring space for possible signs of life. A number of small satellites will be launched at the beginning of 2008.
Together, they will form a giant telescope which will be able to spot planets many light years away.
"The question of whether there is life in space or whether we are alone is something which has occupied human thinking for many years," said Lennart Nordh, the project leader at the Swedish National Space Board, to TV4.
TT/The Local
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Several Swedish companies will cooperate with companies from Germany, Denmark and France on developing new technologies.
The project is called Prisma and is part of the international Darwin project, which is exploring space for possible signs of life. A number of small satellites will be launched at the beginning of 2008.
Together, they will form a giant telescope which will be able to spot planets many light years away.
"The question of whether there is life in space or whether we are alone is something which has occupied human thinking for many years," said Lennart Nordh, the project leader at the Swedish National Space Board, to TV4.
TT/The Local
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