The A9 Perth to Inverness Economic Appraisal Study estimated journey times could be cut by 22 minutes and predicted that 724 jobs could be created in the short-term - rising to 4, 500 over 30 years.
The aim of the 17 month-long Mars500 project was to study the physical and psychological effects that the much longer journey to Mars might have on future astronauts.
The new instrument is equipped with special filters which will enable astronomers to study regularly and in detail the ejection of several types of molecules by comets during their journey around the Sun.
When you have selected the type of scientific study of a painting or sketch, a simple slider movement left or right takes you on an X-ray journey through one of the master's works.