Rio Tinto, Spain, and the NASA/CAB "Marte" project
Rio Tinto is both the name of the river (which is amazingly red, as the Spanish word "tinto" would indicate) and the town and region close to the research site seen in this segment.
ASTROBIOLOGY Magazine backgrounder on Rio Tinto
The NASA/CAB Marte project (main website)
Spain's Center for Astrobiology
A four-part interview with lead scientist, Carol Stoker
Interview with Brian Glass during his own trip to the Arctic, in another "analog" project
The history of mining in and around Rio Tinto
Honeybee Robotics
From a River in Spain to a Crater on Mars
Great collection of images from the 2005 field season, of both the drilling and the environment
Spain's Center for Astrobiology, under director Juan Perez Mercader, was extremely cooperative, and P2K would like to thank Dr. Mercader as well as Drs. Ricardo Amils, Javier Gomez Elvira, and their entire staff for their assistance in the making of LOOKING FOR LIFE:
CAB Spanish language website
CAB website in English
Makers of the prototype Mars deep drill seen in the TV segment, and also of the "Rock Abrasion Tool", or "RAT", which has been key to the success of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers: