Is the Mars mission really necessary to do this or are we just scientifically curious?
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Lynn Hummel | ×
Let me be clear. I believe in science.
I believe in the science that tells us we have a limited time for dealing with the problems of climate change. I believe in the science that tells us how to deal with the sickness and death of the coronavirus pandemic and the continuing need for masks, social distancing and vaccinations. I own a Fauci Fan Club coffee mug. I believe we ignore science at our hazard.
But I do not believe in the science of the NASA Mars Perseverance Mission. I believe it is 300 million miles and $2.98 billion dollars from reality.
How the Mars helicopter will bring humans back to Earth
Flying a drone on Mars will bring the planet closer to home. First, it s about getting off the ground, then bringing rocks back, and, eventually, people.
Earth s first-ever helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, is a first step to humans on Mars
As with the first human moon landing in 1969, NASA s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, is both a small step and a giant leap. Although perhaps that should read short flight, giant journey or some other revision of Neil Armstrong s famous words.
Either way and do or die Ingenuity is a first step towards astronauts traveling to Mars and eventually coming back to Earth.
Mars: NASA rover Perseverance completes first drive
Moving a few meters back and forth, the short trip was a mobility test for the Perseverance rover. It comes just two weeks after touching down on the red planet.
During its first test drive on Mars, Perseverance made several images of its wheels rolling through a Martian landscape
The Perseverance rover hit a new milestone this week, taking its first test drive on the red planet, NASA announced on Friday.
The Mars rover ventured drove 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in 33 minutes, the US space agency said.
In total, the six-wheeled, car-sized astrobiology probe moved forward 4 meters, turned in place to the left and then backed up another 2.5 meters to park temporarily.
Only about six people at the space agency knew about the encoded message before the rover's landing on Mars. A puzzle lover on the team was behind the idea.
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Second: Tianwen-1
China s first independent Mars mission was launched on July 23, 2020, from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province.
Tianwen-1 also entered a Martian orbit during the second week of February the day after the EMM and two days before the Chinese New Year.
A Chinese Long March-5 rocket carried Tianwen-1, an orbiter, lander and rover, to Mars
The spacecraft conducted a braking operation to decelerate its speed to a point at which it can be captured by Mars gravity. As with the EMM, the Tianwen-1 probe will survey the Martian atmosphere.