SOUTHAMPTON students have missed out in their quest to put life on Mars.
The University of Southampton’s Lettuce on Mars project finished third in an international competition to join the Mars One programme in 2018.
It was the only shortlisted UK entry in the contest but lost out in a public vote.
In a statement on their Facebook page, the university Spaceflight Society said: “We made it to third place. Thank you all for the support and the questions, for sharing about our project and voting for us!
“Over the last month we had a great time trying to illustrate the challenges of space travel to a larger public audience. Now we have to focus on exams but we are looking forward to more challenging space projects with our Spaceflight society, from hybrid rockets to teaching students about spaceflight.”
The winning experiment was named Seed by Spanish and Portuguese universities, which aims to germinate the first seed on Mars, and will arrive on an unmanned craft in 2018.
Mars One aims to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars.
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