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1. 1. Aerospace Scientific Research on space life support systems

   www.scientific.co.uk/aerospace - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/12/2004   Last Visited: 2/15/2005

   Dr Richard Crowther, a space expert with the defence research company QinetiQ,..., said:The environment they will encounter will be similar in terms of atmosphere, temperature & pressure to the surface of Mars so this will be a good test of this life support system for future flights.

2. 2. Hot Air Balloons and Orbs

   www.crystalinks.com/hotairball - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/5/2002   Last Visited: 7/26/2003

   Dr Richard Crowther, space consultant at QinetiQ, said the journey was more important to scientists than the destination.
   
   "We fly our sensors on board Concorde and on board the space shuttle, and they measure the radiation environment encountered by pilots and astronauts," he told BBC News Online.
   
   He said they had no measurements for the region the QinetiQ 1 balloon would fly in.
   
   Rockets that pass though on their way to space go through too quickly to gather data.
   
   The balloon flight would "plug the data gap that exists between those two flight vehicles", he said.
   
   "For us it is extremely important because it allows us to predict the radiation exposure for air crew, for flight systems on aircraft and also for passengers flying on polar routes," said Dr Crowther.

3. 3. QinetiQ 1

   www.qinetiq1.com/content/new2. - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/25/2001   Last Visited: 8/7/2003

   Dr Richard Crowther from QinetiQ also comments in the piece that the journey is more important to scientists than the destination.
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   QinetiQ's Dr Richard Crowther is quoted as saying that the conditions during the flight will be similar to those on the surface of Mars. He also describes the special life support system which scrubs the pilots' air to recycle the oxygen and save on weight.
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   Dr Richard Crowther, a QinetiQ space expert compares the environment the pilots will encounter to that on the surface of Mars.