Posted on 05/17/2016 6:27:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Last year, scientists proposed nearly 50 locations on Mars as possible places for future human landings. Those landing-zone sites contain "regions of interest" that can be reached from primary touchdown spots. Good touchdown sites will allow crews to land safely and carry out operations; offer a wealth of interesting science activities; and provide resources that the astronauts could use. For example, any favored exploration zone should allow expeditionary crews to tap into at least 100 metric tons (110 U.S. tons) of water, NASA officials have said.
With its suite of instruments and cameras — particularly the sharp-shooting High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) — NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is being put through a request process called "HiWish" to snag new images of landing-zone candidates."NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Directorate has begun to think about where human explorers should go on Mars, and what conditions and resources, as well as what science targets, may be present," said HiRISE principal investigator Alfred McEwen, director of the Planetary Image Research Lab at the University of Arizona in Tucson. "This is a sign that they are actually thinking about sending people to Mars." "Hopefully, this new interest in Mars will include support for future robotic missions needed to answer key questions,"
... Once a semi-permanent base on Mars is established, crews would set up ISRU equipment, make sure all the kinks in the gear are smoothed out and then start harvesting resources. ISRU hardware would also operate in autonomous mode when there were no humans at the base, Davis said. "You don't achieve sustainability on Mars overnight. You grow to it," Davis said. "This is not a technical problem. Yes, there are technical issues. But it is a belief problem. If people believe it's achievable, then it will be achievable."
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Dumber than a box of rocks back then and she's lost even more of her miniscule brain power since. She's the epitome of the black female democratic politician - a bone deep sense of entitlement - a loud mouth that proclaims all blacks' problems are the result of white people, and a livin' large lifestyle funded by largesse from the taxpayers' pockets.
Does the same logic apply to mentally ill trannies?
Actually, Venus (with its 800 degree surface temp and atmosphere laden with sulfuric acid) would be a better place for the hell-bound head chopping camel f*****g sand n*****s.
I’m for it if muslim outreach means sending all muslims to Mars to live.
“at the risk of seeming biased, what have Muslims done for man kind?”
They often rub out liberals within their societies. That’s gotta score them at least a few points.
Yes. Belief, not reality, is what counts these days. The folks that never outgrew Disney are now apparently approaching middle age.
really good point, thanks.
both.
just ask Matt.
“Mars can never be colonized, because the inner core has cooled and unlike the Earth’s core, it is solid and unmoving. Because of this, the gravity is not strong enough to hold the atmosphere to the planet.”
Close, but no cigar.
A molten core produces a planetary magnetic field which shields a planet from the solar wind of its sun. Without that protection, a planet’s atmosphere will be gradually blown away.
That’s what happened to Mars’ atmosphere.
People have speculated for decades about terraforming Mars, but unless we can figure out how to reheat the planet’s core, it ain’t happening.
Ack Ack Ack!
“They blew up Congress.....Hahahahahaha!”
LOL! Thanks BenLurkin.
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You can always build Habitation Domes.
Thank you for clarifying.
I don’t want to be encapsulated in a habitation dome - I want to frolic in the red sand, and climb that big @ss mountain!
Mount Olympus? I still remember what happened to Arnold in Total Recall when he climbed that in his dream, scared me when I saw that as a kid lol.
I was absolutely hoping for a reference to Total Recall.
That dude’s eyes bugging out in the vacuum? It freaked me out too.
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