Scientists want to know what Mars was like billions of years ago when it had rivers, lakes and oceans that may have allowed simple, tiny organisms to flourish before the planet morphed into the barren, wintry desert world it is today.
Mars has long exerted a powerful hold on the imagination but has proved to be the graveyard for numerous missions. Spacecraft have blown up, burned up or crash-landed, with the casualty rate over the decades exceeding 50%. China’s last attempt, in collaboration with Russia in 2011, ended in failure. To reach the surface, both spacecraft will have to plunge through Mars’ hazy red skies in what has been dubbed “seven minutes of terror” — the most difficult and riskiest part of putting spacecraft on the planet.
Where there was water — and Jezero was apparently flush with it 3.5 billion years ago — there may have been life, though it was probably only simple microbial life, existing perhaps in a slimy film at the bottom of the crater. But those microbes may have left telltale marks in the sediment layers.It will drill into the most promising rocks and store a half-kilogram of samples in dozens of titanium tubes that will eventually be fetched by another rover.
NASA wants to return astronauts to the moon by 2024 and send them from there to Mars in the 2030s. To that end, the space agency is sending samples of spacesuit material with Perseverance to see how they stand up against the harsh Martian environment.
What, is the moon chopped liver?
Lookout Mars !!! We cannot take care of our own planet, but here we come for yours !!
I love planetary science and discovery and exploration and everyrhing weve done on Mars and are planning..but it's kind of funny and very on brand for our species to discover a new place and in short order to start littering it with junk
Excellent
Earth to Mars. Nice planet. We'll take it👽😁👍😷🏴🇨🇦
... and when proof of ancient life is found, it will be classified top secret because we can't handle the truth?
,, In the Galleries of human stupidity and folly, sooner or later there will be Wars on Earth over Territories in the Moon ' || Chuks Emeka.
It takes the completely psychotic left wing media to begin the colonizing argument with the planet Mars.
So you eff up this planet and now want to start somewhere else. Are they calling it Elysium
Going to ruin this planet even more than the previous 'intelligent species' did
And 200 years from now the people of Mars will be rioting and protesting against the colonizers
Complete with COVID-19 to release into the tiny water molecules. Let's call it a bio-terror event! ☠️☠️☠️
I hope they don't have space craft wrecks over the planet, there's no repair shops that I know of on the planet!
To any and all Martians: Hide, Run nothing good is coming from Earth right now..
Very interesting
1. In 5 years water would be found in Mars 2. In 10 years robots would start construction and terra-forming 3. In 15 years, Matt Damon would be back growing potatoes
Martian Lives Matter!
Invaded ? More like infected .
Well. Humans destroyed this planet, they might as well look for another one to pillage
Hope they all have insurance because we are about to witness Mars first vehicle collision.
About time! Matt Damon's potatoes have been waiting for ages for rescue.
The Martian king is sending a fleet of imperial Martian battle cruisers to blast earth with death rays for invading his peaceful red planet.
We have made a mess of the planet we do have. Leave Mars alone.
Marte no es habitable, y vivir en él con tecnología actual implica un riesgo muy elevado de fracaso. Primero se debe resucitar al planeta para pretender algo así, con bases que reactiven la tierra, medios para descongelar los polos y revivir canales, analizar tormentas, etc
👽Word is the martians will be launching an all out attack on earth in the foreseeable future👽
Sorry Mars!
I am all for other countries exploring space, but I don't think the US should be polluting space and Mars with its junk. The US should spend its money fixing global warming it caused on earth, rather than polluting and militarizing space.
Thanks for warning the maritans, you morons. Now they will go into hiding and we will never find them.
So based on Trump and followers ideas Marsh should start to build the wall!!!!
China will claim mars along with claiming most of the earth.
We cant look after the planet we already have, leave other planets alone ffs. Humans are the virus.
Almost like we’re trying to jump ship.
This must terrify Mars
Tell me when they probe Uranus.
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