The Virtual Control Room will provide an exciting environment for young students to learn about space and astronomy by carrying out a simulated space mission built around the European Space Agency Rosetta mission to the comet Wirtanen. We don't know, but today most scientists believe that Earth is not the only planet in the universe where life exists.
Scientists also think that there are links between the different 'civilizations'.
In other words, life is able to travel through the universe. A likely answer is that comets could be the carriers of life's building blocks. If we are looking for traces of life outside the Earth the comets are therefore good places to look. The ASH project will build a Virtual Control Room that makes it possible for school classes to plan and carry out virtual missions to a comet to look for traces of life. The students will play the roles of scientists, engineers, mission control managers etc., and they will experience the excitement of making new discoveries.