The mission ‘The Little Prince’ takes children to simulate life in space

The mission ‘The Little Prince’ takes children to simulate life in space

A group of 8 year olds from the Swiss private school Vivalys dressed as astronauts to go out to collect rocks and ice samples during the Mission The little Prince, a three-day simulation of life on the International Space Station (ISS).

The experiment takes place until tomorrow at the Champex-Lac fort, in the commune of Orsières, in Switzerland, and began on March 10. Fifteen would-be astronauts Two of the three days have been spent in a 600-meter-long labyrinth of galleries, carved out of the fort’s mountain in the 1940s.

The fort was modernized and repurposed for a possible nuclear conflict during the Cold War. And his destination was for training in the Swiss Army until 1998.

Cut off from the outside world, the children behave as if they were traveling through space on the International Space Station, drawing on their scientific knowledge acquired during the school year to achieve his ultimate goal, capturing an asteroid. (I)

Source: Eluniverso

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