SPACE BREAKTHROUGH: NASA and Google partner for MAJOR Mars exploration test
The planetary scientist said: “The space suit we have weighs 300 pounds and that is too heavy to take to Mars.
“Going to a place like Devon Island is a perfect place to develop a next generation space suit for Mars and put our current concepts to test.
“While some of us go about our field geology on Devon Island, we occasionally serve as guinea pigs for the next generation space suit and provide feedback for the designers.
And it is not only what astronauts wear that is undergoing tests.
Dr Lee said: “The future, in our view, is each astronaut has his or her own ATV, because it gives you much more flexibility and autonomy.
“Astronauts will later be able to live inside a pressurised rover, where they will not need to be wearing a space suit any more when they are inside.
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