These are quite similar to what occurs occassionally in the high deserts of California.
Several dust devils cross a plain in this animation of a series of images acquired by NASA's Mars Rover Spirit in May, 2005. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/USGS)
Posted on 01/26/2010 5:56:31 PM PST by KevinDavis
Human space flight is at a tipping point. Next September, after 29 years of flights, the Space Shuttle is scheduled to be launched for the last time. The future of U.S. crewed missions is currently being reviewed at the highest levels of the Obama administration, with a decision expected early next month.
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These are quite similar to what occurs occassionally in the high deserts of California.
Several dust devils cross a plain in this animation of a series of images acquired by NASA's Mars Rover Spirit in May, 2005. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/USGS)
I don’t think anything could safely orbit the sun due to solar flares. Human and non-human spaceflights.
There are several orbiters around the moon and probably a half dozen around mars. Cassini is out there and New Horizons is headed for a pluto flyby.
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