Qatar’s harsh and dry desert climate has rare similarities with the climates of several planetary surfaces, such as that of Mars, and can hence be a key area for testing and developing future water exploration techniques. Join a community conversation with Dr. Essam Heggy, principal investigator at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), and member of NASA and ESA space missions dedicated to exploring subsurface water on several bodies of the solar system. Learn the facts and dispel some of science’s common myths about space exploration.