A Little Blue and White on Mars
The landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars was shouted from the rooftops of every city in America Sunday night. Hearts swelled with pride and eyes welled with tears of joy as pictures of another American technical miracle succeeded. Little did we know, it was all possible because of Israel.
The Mars Science Lab mission, run by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL), was a collaborative effort of American computer and aerospace companies such as Intel, Lockheed Martin, and Alliant Techsystems. Their contributions relied on Siemens Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology developed in Israel.
The PLM software allowed JPL and their team to create computer models of the rover and to test how it would react in the environmental conditions of Mars over time.
“This is one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments,” said Siemens Israeli CEO Zvi Feuer, “and we are honored to have had a part in it.”
How do you think this Israeli contribution will affect the future?
The Mars Science Lab mission, run by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL), was a collaborative effort of American computer and aerospace companies such as Intel, Lockheed Martin, and Alliant Techsystems. Their contributions relied on Siemens Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology developed in Israel.
The PLM software allowed JPL and their team to create computer models of the rover and to test how it would react in the environmental conditions of Mars over time.
“This is one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments,” said Siemens Israeli CEO Zvi Feuer, “and we are honored to have had a part in it.”
How do you think this Israeli contribution will affect the future?
- Alliant Techsystems Curiosity Intel Israel JPL Mars NASA PLM rover Siemens space start-up nation technology