Where Should Future Astronauts Land on Mars? Follow the Water – NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Where Should Future Astronauts Land on Mars? Follow the Water NASA Astronauts on Mars (Illustration): In this illustration, NASA astronauts drill into the Mars’ subsurface. The agency is creating new maps that show where ice is most likely to be easily accessible to future astronauts. Credit: NASA. Full image and caption › A new NASA paper provides the most detailed map to date of near-surface water ice on the Red Planet. So you want to build a Mars base. Where to start? Like any human settlement, it would be best located near accessible water. Not only will water be crucial for life-supp...
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