Moon and Mars human exploration. A valuable contribution comes from Sardinia

Interview with Giacomo Cao, who coordinates a project sponsored by the Italian Space Agency . By Andrea Mameli, on Sardinews, July-August 2011. Sardinews proposes in these pages (published in the June issue) was widely read in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, especially in Boston, Princeton, Pittsburgh, New York, Phoenix, Montreal, London, Birmingham, Oxford, Cambridge and Perth in Australia. Upon request of some readers, we are happy to publish its English version, translated by prof. Giacomo Cao (University of Cagliari). Sardinia gets into the development of new technologies for human space exploration. Specifically, the Cagliari University, together with CRS4, is working on the development of new technologies which are able to exploit mineral resources available on Moon, Mars and asteroids. Sardinews spoke with the coordinator of such research activities, Giacomo Cao (see picture), professor of Chemical Engineering at the School of Engineering. prof. Cao, among th...