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Astrogeologist Gretchen Benedix is on a mission to solve the mysteries of space NASA can’t – ABC News
Inside a Perth laboratory, Gretchen Benedix is combing the surface of Mars, counting craters to determine its age. It’s all part of a project to answer the big…
Inside a Perth laboratory, Gretchen Benedix is roaming the surface of Mars.
Key points:
- A WA couple are working on a unique space project at Curtin University
- Their team has been granted half a million dollars in research funding
- The project is initially focussing on the planet Mars and its surface
The astrogeologist is decked out in goggles with purple bobbles, zooming in on craters on a hologram table.
Professor Benedix has always been fascinated by space. When she was a baby, her mother took her…
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