This test is criticized to test instruments of racism.
The region may be unique on Earth in this regard and is being used by NASA to test instruments for future Mars missions.
PBO also provides a facility for testing new instruments.
Some sites are therefore suited to test instruments for exobiological research or to train sampling procedures for field explorations.
Researchers will use Venus' trek to test techniques and instruments that can be used to detect planets in other solar systems.
Byrd's group still testing new equipment and instruments.
This facility also tested instruments and equipment for polar expeditions.
The Berkeley center is testing such super-cold instruments for a WIMP hunt.
It is rarely used to test instruments that are used to detect mercury.
These experiments will test "materials, nuclear fuel, and instruments that operate in the reactors."