I Want To Witness Man Going To Mars
Yesterday,I spent my evening watching television programs featuring stories aboutMars.Some stories were about the trialsand tribulations the rovers,Spirit & Opportunityhad to overcome.NASA'snewest rover,Curiosityand what science it has been doing onMars.And a program calledMars: The Secret Science.I love the explanations given of what it takes to get toMars,the science behind it,and what was important once these rovers got to theRed Planet.What I got out of it,First & Foremost,everyone wants to find out if there was any kind of life onMars,ever.We are not just talking about multi-celled creatures,but even a hint of any bacterial organisms.Second,thatManis going toMarsby hookor crook.EitherNASAwill be sending a teamorPrivate Firmswill be footing the bills.It takes nine months of travel time to reach the planet with today's technology,so it is pretty obvious to me that it will likely be a one way trip for the firstExplorers.The only question I have for these futureMars Expeditionsis, if the first,second,or both missions fail,with eitheror both crews perishing,will there be more missions?Unlike the explorersand colonists of theFifteenth,Sixteenth,andSeventeenth Centuries,where complete colonies disappeared,public sentiment still ran high,asking for more explorers to colonies the new land?Will it be the same withMars? One thing for sure,they will need water once they get there.
An Ice Sheet the Size of New Mexico Hidden in Martian Crater.
By KENNETH CHANG for The New York Times.com
"An ice sheet with more water than Lake Superior may slake the thirst of future astronauts living on Mars. Using radar soundings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, scientists probed what lies in Utopia Planitia, a 2,000-mile-wide basin within an ancient impact crater. For decades, the region looked intriguing because of polygonal cracking and scalloped depressions in the landscape. In places on Earth like the Canadian Arctic, patterns like these arise from ice beneath the surface. The ground cracks as ice underneath expands and contracts with the changing temperatures; the scallops, as if carved by an ice cream scoop, are places where the surface sinks as the ice melts. Ms. Stuurman, the lead author of an article in the journal Geophysical Research Letters that described the findings, said the radar reflections revealed that the ice sheet, ranging in thickness from 260 to 560 feet, covered an area larger than New Mexico."
Now scientists will have to find a way to bring drilling equipment along withHabitats,Hydroponics,Supplies,andRecycling Equipment.It will be the first planet thatManwill be living on where he will reuse everything.Nothing going to waste!Instead of theRed Planet,we will be calling it theGreen Planet.
This is,Hurry Up Already,I Want To Witness Man Going To Mars,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Habitat, the air won't stay inside anymore.”
- Andy Weir, -
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
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An Ice Sheet the Size of New Mexico Hidden in Martian Crater.
By KENNETH CHANG for The New York Times.com
"An ice sheet with more water than Lake Superior may slake the thirst of future astronauts living on Mars. Using radar soundings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, scientists probed what lies in Utopia Planitia, a 2,000-mile-wide basin within an ancient impact crater. For decades, the region looked intriguing because of polygonal cracking and scalloped depressions in the landscape. In places on Earth like the Canadian Arctic, patterns like these arise from ice beneath the surface. The ground cracks as ice underneath expands and contracts with the changing temperatures; the scallops, as if carved by an ice cream scoop, are places where the surface sinks as the ice melts. Ms. Stuurman, the lead author of an article in the journal Geophysical Research Letters that described the findings, said the radar reflections revealed that the ice sheet, ranging in thickness from 260 to 560 feet, covered an area larger than New Mexico."
Now scientists will have to find a way to bring drilling equipment along withHabitats,Hydroponics,Supplies,andRecycling Equipment.It will be the first planet thatManwill be living on where he will reuse everything.Nothing going to waste!Instead of theRed Planet,we will be calling it theGreen Planet.This is,Hurry Up Already,I Want To Witness Man Going To Mars,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Habitat, the air won't stay inside anymore.”
- Andy Weir, -
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
Like what you are reading,or do not like what you see.Set up my Blog as your Homepage,or sign up as a Follower,or leave a Comment,and I will answer you in a Post.
Thanks for reading.
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