. But, what’s most interesting about these recordings, aside from how eerily quiet the planet is, is that they give us more of an idea of how sound travels on Mars.Putting humans on Mars is one of NASA’s biggest goals for the future. In fact, the space agency is already planning a two-manned mission to the Red Planet within the next 20 years. Despite everything we’ve learned about the planet, though, there is still a lot we don’t know quite yet.
As such, the Martian soundscape is one of the more intriguing that we’ve discovered thus far. And, because the planet’s atmosphere composition changes throughout its yearly circuit, the way sound travels on Mars changes, too.Baptiste Chide from the Los Alamos National Lab says at some points the audio from Perseverance was so quiet the team thought that the rover’s microphone was busted.
Same is true on earth. In summer the sound of a cricket ball being hit seems faster than in winter
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