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WHAT ARE WE PROTECTING MARS FROM? AND WHY DO WE CARE?

In this funny video we will enjoy a meeting organized by SETI and chaired by Seth Shostak in which Dr. Robert Zubrin, president and founder of the Mars Society and aerospace engineer at Lokeed Martin astronautics in Denver, is compared with Dr. John Rummel, SETI scientist and official representative of COSPAR Planetary Protection.We immediately notice the disruptive and disrespectful way in which Dr. Robert Zubrin… Read More »WHAT ARE WE PROTECTING MARS FROM? AND WHY DO WE CARE?

How will humans do on Mars?

“The possibility of getting men to Mars is becoming more and more concrete year after year.But is it really possible to get to Mars?Will it be possible to live on Mars?” A very enjoyable interview with David A. Weintraub professor of astronomy at Vanderbilt University in Neshville, Tennessee, and author of the book “Life on Mars –What to Know Before We Go” https://press.princeton.edu/titles/11233.html ). This… Read More »How will humans do on Mars?

Curiosity tries to return to its rhythm

Continue the attempts of the Curiosity team to restore the functionality of the drill. In February of this year they had already tried a new technique that however had not produced enough material for analysis.This time they’ll try to apply a greater thrust using the robotic arm, in an attempt to produce a perforation deep enough to collect a greater amount of material useful for… Read More »Curiosity tries to return to its rhythm

Opportunity Sol 5088, May 18, 2018

Between 01:56:40 UTC and 02:00:02 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrow-band filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this true color image of this very special looking rock formation.The original images (especially in green and blue) have a high level of “noise” and then I applied a noise filter to all three colors to eliminate the spurious… Read More »Opportunity Sol 5088, May 18, 2018

Two very young impact craters

MRO has discovered more than 700 sites of recent impacts on Mars. Often a bolide will fragment on impact with the atmosphere, thus generating clusters of new craters. Here, in fact, two new craters are observed, both with the same features and relatively bluish colored jets surrounded by a dark impact halo (where dust has been removed or redistributed) and arc marks extending to the… Read More »Two very young impact craters

Opportunity Sol 5087, May 17, 2018

Between 00:39:34 UTC and 00:43:04 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrowband filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this true color image of a very interesting rock formation.The original images (especially in green and blue) have a high level of “noise” and I have therefore applied a noise filter to all three colors to eliminate the spurious… Read More »Opportunity Sol 5087, May 17, 2018

Opportunity Sol 5085, May 14, 2018

Between 23:05:59 UTC and 23:08:45 UTC Opportunity’s Pancam takes three images with narrowband filters in the three basic colors, from which it was possible to derive this true color image of the Martian landscape.The original images (especially in green and blue) have a high level of “noise” and I have therefore applied a noise filter to all three colors to eliminate the spurious dots.We can… Read More »Opportunity Sol 5085, May 14, 2018

Mars Helicopter Technology Demonstrator

A few days ago came out the news of a small helicopter that will be part of the NASA Mars 2020 mission (see post https://www.facebook.com/PianetaMarte.MdM/posts/1699712090111977). For those who are interested in the technical specifications of this project, I recommend reading this interesting NASA/JPL paper presented in early January at the Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference in Kissimmee, Florida. This post has been automatically translated. See the… Read More »Mars Helicopter Technology Demonstrator

NASA’s next mission will bring with it a helicopter to fly to Mars

It will be the first helicopter that we will fly on another planet (maybe!) and will have to “turn the blades” ten times the speed of a normal helicopter!It will be like flying a helicopter on Earth at an altitude of more than 35 km; quite a challenge! This post has been automatically translated. See the original post here.