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"I THINK THIS, AS THEY SAID, WE ARE BEHIND WHERE WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO BE. IT HAS NOT BEEN A NATIONAL PRIORITY TO DO THIS AND NOW IT"S BECOMING A NATIONAL PRIORITY," HUNTOON SAID. HUNTOON PREDICTED THAT "WE"LL BE ON MARS BEFORE 50 YEARS ARE UP."
"IF HUMANITY IS SERIOUSLY CONTEMPLATING COLONIZING MARS, ANOTHER PLANET, OR ONE OF THE NEARBY MOONS IN THE FUTURE, THEN PEOPLE NEED TO IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND, AND SEND THE MOST COMPETITIVE AND BENEFICIAL PIONEERS," LOPEZ AND HIS CO-AUTHORS WROTE.
MR MUSK AND HIS SPACEX COMPANY ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE IT TO MARS WITH THE HOPE OF COLONISING THE RED PLANET. HOWEVER, THE LIKES OF NASA HAVE BEEN SCOURING THE PLANET IN THE HOPES OF FINDING MICROBIAL LIFE FORMS – AND ONE EXPERT BELIEVES MR MUSK’S MISSION COULD PUT ALL OF NASA’S WORK IN JEOPARDY. SAMANTHA ROLFE, LECTURER IN ASTROBIOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL OFFICER AT BAYFORDBURY OBSERVATORY, UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE, WROTE IN A THINK PIECE FOR THE CONVERSATION: “IF LIFE EXISTS ELSEWHERE IN OUR UNIVERSE, THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS A GOOD PLACE TO START LOOKING – ENABLING US TO TOUCH, COLLECT AND ANALYSE SAMPLES IN A REASONABLY SHORT TIME.
PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION DIRECTOR JIM GREEN SPOKE OUT ABOUT THE AGENCY APPARENTLY BEING CLOSE TO “MAKING SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS” ABOUT FINDING LIFE ON MARS. ALTHOUGH HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THE UNIVERSE, DR GREEN CLAIMS THAT THE HUMAN RACE IS NOT READY FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO EVEN INTRODUCE MICROBES IN THE FIRST PLACE DEPENDS ON OUR END GOAL: IF OUR MISSION IS TO COLONISE AND TERRAFORM MARS - THAT"S ELON MUSK"S PLAN, IF YOU"RE KEEPING SCORE - THEN LOPEZ SAYS WE SHOULDN"T BE SCARED TO INTRODUCE HELPFUL MICROORGANISMS THAT CAN HELP TO BEGIN FORMING THE FOUNDATION OF BIOLOGICAL LIFE.
THE THREE TRACKS THAT FOLLOW THE 「DINKS AND DONKS」 SPACE GROOVE ARE CAPTURES OF ACTUAL MARSQUAKES. THEY』RE INCREDIBLE SOUNDSCAPES THAT SENT MORE THAN A FEW CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE. IF YOU』VE GOT SOME QUALITY HEADPHONES, THROW THEM ON AND TURN THESE UP. AFTER BASKING IN THE SOUNDS OF MARS I』M NOT SURE I CAN GO BACK TO REGULAR, OLD EARTH MEDITATION MUSIC.
NASA』S MARS SPACE MISSION IS TO BE LAUNCHED IN THE SUMMER OF 2020 AND EXPECTED TO LAND ON MARS IN FEBRUARY 2021.
ALONGSIDE THE FIRST MANNED MISSION TO MARS, THE JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY, JAXA, WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO SEND A FIRST EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE THE SMALL MARS MOONS, PHOBOS AND DEIMOS. THE MISSION, CALLED MARTIAN MOONS EXPLORATION, OR MMX, WILL ENTER INTO ORBIT AROUND MARS IN 2025 AND WILL LAND A GERMAN-FRENCH ROVER ON ONE OF THE TWO MOONS, TO EXPLORE ITS SURFACE. SOIL SAMPLES WILL BE FLOWN BACK AND REACH EARTH LABS IN 2029 – THE FIRST SAMPLES IN HISTORY FROM THE MARS SYSTEM (BUT NOT YET THE SAMPLES WE NEED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE CONCLUSIVELY WHETHER THERE IS OR WAS LIFE ON MARS ITSELF).
NASA IS FUNDING MORE THAN A DOZEN TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS THAT COULD AID EXPLORATION OF THE MOON AND MARS, FOCUSING ON ISSUES INCLUDING CRYOGENICS, ENERGY PRODUCTION AND INDEPENDENT MOBILITY.
NO PLANET HOLDS AS MUCH INTRIGUE FOR HUMANS AS MARS. THE RED PLANET HAS PLAYED AN OUTSIZED ROLE IN THE HUMAN IMAGINATION EVER SINCE H.G WELLS IMAGINED IT AS HOME BASE TO AN ALIEN RACE DETERMINED TO CONQUER EARTH. NOW, PEOPLE ON EARTH SEE MARS AS ANOTHER POTENTIAL TOURIST LOCATION, OR EVEN HOME. BUT FOR ALL ITS FAME, THE PLANET"S MOONS NEVER GET MUCH CREDIT. HERE"S WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THEM.
MUSK SHOWED A CROWD OF SPACE ENTHUSIASTS AND REPORTERS AT SPACEX’S ROCKET DEVELOPMENT SITE LATE ON SATURDAY IN THE REMOTE VILLAGE OF BOCA CHICA, TEXAS, ANIMATIONS OF STARSHIP LANDING ON THE MOON AND MARS AND PREDICTED THAT THE ROCKET’S FIRST ORBITAL FLIGHT COULD COME IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, FOLLOWED BY MISSIONS TO SPACE WITH HUMANS ABOARD THE NEXT YEAR.
IN A NEW ANIMATION FROM AUG. 29, THE MARS 2020 ROVER CAN BE SEEN GOING FOR A SPIN — LITERALLY. THE SPACECRAFT WAS PUT ON A SPINNING TABLE IN A "CLEAN ROOM,"A WORKSPACE DESIGNED TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION, AT NASA"S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY IN CALIFORNIA. ON THE TABLE, THE ROVER SPUN AROUND IN CIRCLES AT A RATE OF ABOUT ONE REVOLUTION PER MINUTE.
THIS PAST WEEKEND, SPACEX CEO ELON MUSK GAVE AN UPDATE ON HIS PRIVATE AEROSPACE COMPANY』S PLANS TO TRANSPORT HUMANS TO THE MOON AND MARS, AND TO POSSIBLY ONE DAY COLONIZE MARS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS.
NASA"S MARS INSIGHT LANDED ON THE RED PLANET ON 26 NOVEMBER, 2018, DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE INTERIOR OF MARS AS WELL AS CONDITIONS ON ITS SURFACE (INCLUDING TEMPERATURE, WIND SPEED, AND THE LIKE). IT HAS A SEISMOGRAPH, CALLED SEIS (FOR SEISMIC EXPERIMENT FOR INTERIOR STRUCTURE), THAT IT PLACED ON THE SURFACE NEXT TO THE LANDER ON 19 DECEMBER, WHICH WAS BUILT TO DETECT MARSQUAKES.
THE AUTHORS OFFERED NO SPECIFICS IN TERMS OF WHEN THE FIRST MICROBES SHOULD BE PLANTED ON MARS, OR HOW LONG IT』LL TAKE FOR THE MICROORGANISMS TO PRODUCE THE DESIRED EFFECTS—ASSUMING IT』LL EVEN WORK. IT』S AN OPEN QUESTION, FOR EXAMPLE, IF MICROBES, EVEN EXTREMOPHILES, CAN FUNCTION ON THE MARTIAN SURFACE WHERE THE EXCEPTIONALLY LOW AIR PRESSURE HOVERS AROUND A PALTRY 0.7 KPA, WHICH IS NOT TOO FAR REMOVED FROM THE CONDITIONS FOUND IN OUTER SPACE. THE LOW GRAVITY ON MARS ALONG WITH THE INTENSE SOLAR RADIATION HITTING THE SURFACE COMPLICATE THE PICTURE EVEN FURTHER.
THAT』S ACCORDING TO A NEW ARTICLE 「FEEDING ONE MILLION PEOPLE ON MARS」 BY KEVIN CANNON AND DANIEL BRITT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, ORLANDO, WHICH CONSIDERS HOW, AND WHEN, A COLONY OF ONE MILLION PEOPLE ON MARS COULD BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN FOOD.
MARS IS FAR FROM A FLAT, BARREN LANDSCAPE. NILI PATERA IS A REGION ON MARS IN WHICH DUNES AND RIPPLES ARE MOVING RAPIDLY. HIRISE, ONBOARD THE MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER, CONTINUES TO MONITOR THIS AREA EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS TO SEE CHANGES OVER SEASONAL AND ANNUAL TIME SCALES.
THE VIDEO IS BASED ON HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES FROM NASA"S MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER, USING THE CLOSE-UP VIEWS AVAILABLE FROM THE HIRISE (HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING SCIENCE EXPERIMENT) CAMERA ON BOARD. TECHNICIANS TOOK A FEW STEPS TO TRANSLATE THE SINGLE-DIMENSIONAL PICTURES INTO A 3D-RICH VIDEO.
"THIS REALLY NARROWS DOWN THE POSSIBLE AREAS ON MARS THESE ROCKS COULD COME FROM," DALY SAID. "IF WE COULD IDENTIFY THE SOURCE CRATER ON MARS FOR THE NAKHLITE METEORITES, WE WOULD HAVE THE GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT FOR THESE METEORITES AND BE ABLE TO USE THIS TO INTERPRET THE DATA FROM ROVERS AND SATELLITES STUDYING MARS."
AS THE U.S., CHINA AND OTHERS FOCUS ON LAUNCHING ROCKETS AND PUTTING BOOTS ON THE MOON, THE TINY GULF NATION OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IS SET ON BUILDING A SETTLEMENT ON MARS IN 100 YEARS.
"WE WERE WORKING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GROW PLANTS IN THE SIMULATED MARS SOILS WE CREATE, AND THIS LED US TO LOOK AT WHAT RESEARCH WAS BEING DONE IN TERMS OF PRODUCING FOOD FOR FUTURE HUMAN MISSIONS TO THE MOON OR MARS," CANNON SAID. "IT TURNS OUT MOST OF THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON VERY LOW-CALORIE VEGETABLES, AND THE LATEST INNOVATIONS IN ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN SOURCES WERE NOT BEING CONSIDERED. WE ASKED THE QUESTION: INSTEAD OF A SHORT NASA-STYLE MISSION TO MARS, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO FEED A CITY OF 1 MILLION PEOPLE, LIKE WHAT SPACEX IS IMAGINING?"

 

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