the story they made the the rod province in armenia. this is where the austrian space for him is simulating what life might one day be like on the red planet. mars lawyers this boss looks almost up. so this is the newest la simulation station, fixed for a team of 6. i'm a little guest and also spend a month to be doing things that people could be doing on mazda and 20 to 30 years. so this is kind of like a sneak peak into the future. the preview often took on an international team of analog astronauts is testing newly developed equipment. their

job is to find any possible faults and the devices that could prove fatal in space think is just, i think it's time for us humans to head to moss. most is the place of longing for us. cool. one guy that will even be cities on last. i'm sure. what we're doing here is like taking all very 1st baby steps. katie, that will teach us how to crawl this week. and one day before the how to blog, the scientists are doing everything in their power to ensure humanities journey tomorrow does not become a suicide mission. the . this is ins brooks commercial district where the austrian space for them is located. in the astro businesses began not dilemma is leading

preparations for the private research institutions. next, tomorrow's mission statement. we'll take the helmets off and go through each of the census will check the cables and see if we can improve the routine base. so can you get home until for me? they are looking for ways to expand the space suit simulator with more functions. listen, but it's basically like a wearable space. the spaceship is able to measure a bunch of things and starting with the astronaut ccg, i would it can also do simple st most go, for example, where was gonna eat, drink, go, go to the boss, right? maybe if there's one thing you want to avoid, it's sneezing inside of your space suits and that, that'd be a mess this up and that's one that's a bit of fabric inside. so you can rock your nose on it to come. because when you're wearing a space suit, you call and structural nose, it's little things like this. but on already high tech, where you wouldn't realize how much easier like can make the lives of, i'm little gastroenterologist, continue or else in the field time. the scientists have been optimizing this space

suit for over 10 years. now the suits are to be fitted with sensors, which on the upcoming analog mission will measure how stressful missions are for the astronaut swearing them. these a, how much success space the, to me like to is one of the kind and on, if you're the, it is by follow the best simulation to we have to one, they'd be able to simulate the strain on people living. i'm working on mas, hobbits and even down and cut them ever since cannot look through a telescope. as a child, he's been yearning to visit the stars on his path to fulfill that dream, he became an analog astronaut. that is an astronaut, who stays on earth to conduct research on space, travel begin to from the also indicates that sounds like the classic we believe for the 1st humans will actually land on the read comments and the next 20 to 30. yes. and you made this means as a 1st person to set for tomas has already been bolted for, you can cite with the generation of to build into the sort of who was this

equipment. these will enable the most complex and dangerous to an ever i've done, which will lead us to a new well movies every other day. and just, i guess, to annoying been feeling good. this is called an ex though skeleton. it's meant to simulate the same atlas maverick pressure is that after northwood experience on mars, right. on the left my hand, that's the neutral site technique. so my hand doesn't lowering back down so slow. now when i make it fixed, i need a bit more strength, and i usually would, and this is how we're able to simulate the exact physiological stress problems that us lasik will be exposed to in moses atlas van. ever since 1000000000 air is like a lawn mosque, started investing in rockets and exploiting space as a commercial market. the sector has been booming. europe has also seen the emergence of several start ups eager to join in on the new gold rush in space. the

we are on our way to a former military base. stefan blue shang is the co founder and chief operating officer of rockett factory ok support. he's currently working on a rocket that will one day bring satellites into orbit to save the money for a certified test facility. they rented an old ammunition bunker. the rock in factory prides itself and its ability to improvise. what did you guys do with this company? what this company reveals, yeah, it was for the for the one on, on the helicopter. and inside the anointing incomes we sticking test. today we're running a very important test. this test will show us the turbo pump has the performance of that we need. if it's as engines, they start on the rock, it won't reach orbit,

but these are key to meet all the trees. let's go, let's go and run it. an old helicopter engine is powering the pump. they hope that one day their rocket will under account all competitors in terms of pricing to create an incredible sound. right. so there's a risk of explosion say so everybody has to leave on the straps of stuff on can tell it the pump is performing the way it should simply by the sound it makes the last day of a testament very well. what did they put in that was a good investment today we can gather data. people from the turbo pump will improve the engine will improve the we're getting closer to the point where we'll be able to reach orbits and in order to feed the rocket factory osburg is based 30

kilometers away. stefan deletion co found that it with a partner in 2018. when he was 33, they brought together 250 experts from 40 nations to develop a rocket that they hoped to launch in the summer. the business is financed with the venture capital of investors and dedicated to keeping costs flow the m. c. a seem to think there are many technical components that are all quite unique. but what we see here is a beer tank just like you'd find in a brewery bits of beer tank in outer space. he says he got the idea from an a i source. otherwise, his engineers typically prefer using components from the automotive industry or made by a 3 d printer. before founding his company, stefan blue shank studied aerospace engineering in australia and spent 10 years

working in the field got us associates took. this is the heart of it all. the rocket engine, it's a miracle of modern day physics that this is even possible and i've seen the fact that space travel even works is an absolute miracle. nobody would have thought that was possible. many mathematicians said it wasn't even possible a god's laws wouldn't permit space travel. and then a little more than 60 years ago for the russians 1st to prove to us that we can indeed get satellites up into orbit even pets. and after that and space travel exploded. and off the phone for the x to this is father was an engineer. he built helicopters for stefan. wanted to go higher and select at the top discipline in the field of engineering. nothing is more difficult than building rockets. most tech enthusiast degree, it is the noblest pursuits to view continents, i will reach outer space and then we'll keep going with the of us no matter how

small the probability will find a way to venture forth. to learn more, find to answer life big questions. spartans, why do we exist? why are we here in dc? stefan, like spending his evening's tinkering at his work bench and his garage, the spin you didn't talk to you. so i'm the one that i've seen it and i don't want it just wouldn't believe i am here every day until midnight, so that he is without it, my life would fall apart. without his work bench, i wouldn't be able to lead my life. i really need to do things like this, and i want to invest as much time as possible, advancing something investigoar onto plane. he's convinced that new technologies will improve our life on earth. during the day he builds rockets,

and at night he revolutionize his car engines. down these more have any i've been working on this engine for a long time. i've been building it for nearly 10 years now, but it sounds crazy. it's been and now i've reached the point where i could show for the 1st time that it actually works, as it looks like it's an engine without any emissions or a combustion engine with rocket technology. our company build rockets like cars and sure at home, build cars like rockets is the key and emissions free combustion engine making the seemingly impossible possible on earth as well as in the habits. stefan is sure that human kind will become an intergalactic species. it doesn't have to be for them to be of course it's crucial that humans manage to set up a base somewhere on a different planet, and one that is constantly inhabited on that's the 1st step. this is whether mars or the moon. there are plenty of possible destination associated with mars.

definitely makes a lot of sense to us if he's been over 3000 kilometers away in the northern most reaches of sweden near the arctic circle. stefan blue shank is on his way to spaceport s range. up here where there are more reindeer than people. the rocket factory is testing. it's rocket engines, under realistic conditions, the site leads in conducting really big tests here for over 3 years on the test. since we do here are truly the biggest issue and, and the history of this test side. also the most dangerous that i've ever been run . you might europe's 1st mainland orbital space port is tucked away in sweden's icey forests. this is where rocket factory has rented a test field. they're here to examine

a helix engine developed an ox borg today, they're conducting a so called hot fire test, meaning the engine will be ignited just like during a regular launch and then tested for it in durance. because i'm most interested in what was done and how to i to say i want to see all the modifications made with my own eyes so that we can start today's test with a clear conscience. some testing couldn't unload. everything is pretty much ready for the test. i just have to run a few test sequences because it's very cold. i. it causes good test for the dock. me chief of most today's test can't go wrong. it needs to be concluded successfully . but what we see here is the result of what we've built over 5 years of why we have engine number 2 and engine number 3. most of the 3rd engine we've ever built in the front positions system to that means. so if anything goes wrong, then it's 5 years of work down the drain, sticky martin, right?

if anything goes wrong today, i think i might as well get up there and take a nose, dive down onto you better not. the company relies on money from his investors, their team to see positive result soon the toward the evening. the skies above s range space center are closed for air traffic. the helix engine has half a 1000000 horse power. and if the hot fire test goes wrong, it could quickly become a rock at launch. the whole site is on high alert. before starting the engine, everyone has to evacuate the premises. no, it doesn't get any harder than this. you just tried to doing this in the middle of the night in minus 30 degrees celsius. that shows people to the phone, right?

people will be feeling the effects of to day through to next week. and it's not like it will all be over tomorrow. do you live in? i mean while some are still evacuating, others are performing final system checks, then something unexpected happens. ok, okay. so we can keep going though i know right is a regulator is heating, right? but it's not enough. if he wants put it under pressure now, pressure has that's and yet so, so let's disclose the final step before we could have gone on a day because of this is one of the cold is test days we've ever experienced the quitting for today. tomorrow we'll get it right. all right, the welcome to the record business, the 5000 kilometers southwards, at the foot of mount override in armenia, near the town of our march,

the mars mission of the austrian space for him is about to commence. visitors check ins have already been set up to our meeting and staff members are holding down the fort and waving off on bidding get the meanwhile again, our dilemma is on his way to the test site of all places. why did he choose our main via visa that we know there were geological structures here that basically have twins on the red planet. we call them g, a similar us. another reason we came here in canada and the 5 to the carefully planned mars mission isn't running smoothly just yet. the armenian team did not manage to build up all the infrastructure on time. what do you do?

i mean, what are you doing? there is no internet connection, which is a problem. a german austrian co board of students is struggling to communicate with the mars robot. a team from the glass university of technology and a team from the votes boogie institute for computer science, our re things to find solutions that we need to set. it's something reasonable, a gigabyte one gigabyte, it's not much really too much. it should be right here. but all i can say a real slogan, real step. if establishing communication lines is all ready this hard on earth, what will it be like in space? finally, the rover from god university starts moving nothing, but we still have a long way to go to morris. but at our university we value researching the basics. and that means it's also important to test individual components supplement tested . the rover they've developed is meant to explore unfamiliar terrain as they spirit

remotely from their habitat. it's no easy task and if we were to take what we have from what we know now to mosque, that would be very dangerous and probably not very productive from a scientific point of view people. that's why we need to spend time in these models like environments and so we can learn how to best use of resources that it's very exciting. but for now, the research will have to wait a bit longer. habitat that the analog astronauts are supposed to move into a skill on finished type, as long as the head of the armenian space agency says there were unforeseeable delays. now everybody is helping out wherever they can get out. does not want to talk about the emissions rocky start. yeah. after all, he'd planned everything down to the minute while some are dealing with the

unexpected circumstances. others are already in the middle of the for 8 to armenian crew members are hooking up the wireless land cables i'm interest to despise because i'm a drinking engineering. and i, the main goal is to have my own and talk san pacing, just traits. and i think when we all for young and we are like still child, we always wants to become notes for notes as we have the passion of exploring everything. and i think that's why we are still interested in. so i know it wasn't . yeah. hi, causal on you on also has big plans during the soviet era. armenia was involved in building the sputnik satellite. the 1st of its kind. and the 1st mars are over high cope's that this mission will bring fresh momentum to our media space industry to make a new be good to them. and when you look at the so

the room should be bigger. yeah. otherwise, i don't know why that link at the end of the day, the class university handed through over over to the space agency. it's a big success. one, the armenian students are excited to be a part of the back in sweden. here, temperatures have risen sharply from minus 30 degrees to minus 15 degrees celsius. it's almost like a spring saw with the freezing temperatures out of the way. the next test surely has to be successful. stuff under the shank is looking for the pressure regulator that was causing problems the day before jonathan from new zealand is taken care of it. here's the man, so no worries it and, and normally this,

this works well yesterday this one didn't work that time. they knew we were down about minus 15 minus. are we made them for today? oh no, no, we get the phone heating big cable. this is a heating cable that we lined up this morning on. we'll use this heating cable to make sure the whole regular later stays warm on the line that all the ceiling gaskets are working. really said that this is why we couldn't test it yesterday. stefan brings the newly insulated pressure regulator to the test site and even installs it himself. he's not leaving anything else up to chance. it looks good now. got ready to go. ready for this hot fire today. the whole rocket engine was constructed on a shoestring budget. if even one component fails,

the whole thing could go up in flames and slim. it's an absolutely unique experience to be able to contribute to a project like this one. they are very few jobs out there that come with such great motivation as being able to take part in a rocket launch. and the people here are passionate about it. there's nothing more important to them. in the control room group leader whole been doing this and issuing final orders try to not leave the room. no, no questions. all right. as everyone full concentration, all of the test has begun. the valves are open, the 64310 . the

suddenly, everything comes to a halt. another problem, the, the goal had been 160 seconds the. so what i saw on the cameras is this. the few of the sensors probably gone away from the, by the guess. i think that's why a few of the senses have failed the after 20 seconds to control the report of the test space. travel is incredibly difficult, easy. everything is always at its limits. and that's why the engineers and we as a team, have to test everything as often as possible to, to really push things to their limits. avoiding the test was

a security precaution. their monitoring system worked. despite all the forces working upon it, the test rig stayed on the ground. but the goal of 160 seconds of hot fire remains the above. the polar lights shine down from the same heights that steph, unbelief sang one day hopes to reach with one of his rockets. the end, the business of outer space, moments of soaring highs and deep despair are never too far apart. working here require sheer, endless patience. after all, we didn't learn to fly in a day to god, so it takes big want indeed our keep all the technology surrounding rockets is so insanely complicated when we work so close to the limit that each day we basically approach the boundaries that god or the universe created and then you realize that

these lines can't be cross at 15, but you can get much further than you originally thought back to the armenian mountains. here the future has begun. even though the habitat still isn't ready to analog, astronauts are getting prepared for their 1st commission. once everything is constructed, the 6 crew members will spend 4 weeks isolated in these rooms. they'll have to wear a space suit any time they exit the habitat. part of the day we're just going to explore the habitat surroundings and see what walking on the surface is like. we'll take some pictures and drive around with the quads, so we can see how well that worked for me. it'll be a short 1st test as the test, even though they may never reach outer space themselves,

they still feel like part of the greater mission, the been the, the boss, a 5, the time the real miles mission is launched. this one and i'll probably already be retired. i might be able to say, oh look, i made those screws, you can see the my young colleagues will be in the middle of that career on the kitchen. they've already built a bridge into the future. i think many of my colleagues feel privileged to have been able to come to me for the okay. i completed the armenia has already filled out over a 1000000 euros for the mars mission. and austria has paid a little under a 1000000. this scene gets a glimpse of just how fascinated human kind is by outer space. the guests here can barely contain their excitement as these 2 silver beings take their 1st steps in this strange new world,

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