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December 5, 2019

ESA and NASA? Airbus? Still not ready?

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Right now, engineers have got a dummy rover practising the business of retrieving packaged rock samples. And, yes, the stand-ins really are whiteboard markers.


Yay! Whiteboard markers. Um. OK.


But different agencies and companies are finally working together?


Great!


Wait. What’s the catch?


It is, though, going to take more than a decade to achieve.


Sigh.


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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50663278

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ESA and NASA? Airbus? Still not ready?

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Right now, engineers have got a dummy rover practising the business of retrieving packaged rock samples. And, yes, the stand-ins really are whiteboard markers.


Yay! Whiteboard markers. Um. OK.


But different agencies and companies are finally working together?


Great!


Wait. What’s the catch?


It is, though, going to take more than a decade to achieve.


Sigh.


[image error]


https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50663278

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ESA and NASA? Airbus? Still not ready?

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Right now, engineers have got a dummy rover practising the business of retrieving packaged rock samples. And, yes, the stand-ins really are whiteboard markers.


Yay! Whiteboard markers. Um. OK.


But different agencies and companies are finally working together?


Great!


Wait. What’s the catch?


It is, though, going to take more than a decade to achieve.


Sigh.


[image error]


https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50663278

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Published on December 05, 2019 22:13

ESA and NASA? Airbus? Still not ready?

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Right now, engineers have got a dummy rover practising the business of retrieving packaged rock samples. And, yes, the stand-ins really are whiteboard markers.


Yay! Whiteboard markers. Um. OK.


But different agencies and companies are finally working together?


Great!


Wait. What’s the catch?


It is, though, going to take more than a decade to achieve.


Sigh.


[image error]


https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50663278

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Published on December 05, 2019 22:13

ESA and NASA? Airbus? Still not ready?

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Right now, engineers have got a dummy rover practising the business of retrieving packaged rock samples. And, yes, the stand-ins really are whiteboard markers.


Yay! Whiteboard markers. Um. OK.


But different agencies and companies are finally working together?


Great!


Wait. What’s the catch?


It is, though, going to take more than a decade to achieve.


Sigh.


[image error]


https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50663278

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Published on December 05, 2019 22:13

ESA and NASA? Airbus? Still not ready?

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Right now, engineers have got a dummy rover practising the business of retrieving packaged rock samples. And, yes, the stand-ins really are whiteboard markers.


Yay! Whiteboard markers. Um. OK.


But different agencies and companies are finally working together?


Great!


Wait. What’s the catch?


It is, though, going to take more than a decade to achieve.


Sigh.


[image error]


https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50663278

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Published on December 05, 2019 22:13

ESA and NASA? Airbus? Still not ready?

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Right now, engineers have got a dummy rover practising the business of retrieving packaged rock samples. And, yes, the stand-ins really are whiteboard markers.


Yay! Whiteboard markers. Um. OK.


But different agencies and companies are finally working together?


Great!


Wait. What’s the catch?


It is, though, going to take more than a decade to achieve.


Sigh.


[image error]


https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50663278

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Published on December 05, 2019 22:13

ESA and NASA? Airbus? Still not ready?

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Right now, engineers have got a dummy rover practising the business of retrieving packaged rock samples. And, yes, the stand-ins really are whiteboard markers.


Yay! Whiteboard markers. Um. OK.


But different agencies and companies are finally working together?


Great!


Wait. What’s the catch?


It is, though, going to take more than a decade to achieve.


Sigh.


[image error]


https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50663278

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Published on December 05, 2019 22:13

ESA and NASA? Airbus? Still not ready?

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Right now, engineers have got a dummy rover practising the business of retrieving packaged rock samples. And, yes, the stand-ins really are whiteboard markers.


Yay! Whiteboard markers. Um. OK.


But different agencies and companies are finally working together?


Great!


Wait. What’s the catch?


It is, though, going to take more than a decade to achieve.


Sigh.


[image error]


https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50663278

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Published on December 05, 2019 22:13

November 14, 2019

It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it. Maybe.

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The pattern remains a mystery, but researchers are beginning to narrow the possibilities.



While the changes are most likely…geological in nature, planetary scientists can’t completely rule out an explanation involving microbial life.



Just as the Viking landers claimed? Uh-oh.


Or is it just chemicals (perchlorate, bleach-like substances) in the soil, releasing oxygen and methane depending on the amount of sunlight/heat?


How would this affect humans who set up camps in the low-elevations areas, where they could be closer to water?


Hm…


www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50419917

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Published on November 14, 2019 16:05