Exploration of Mars

the planet. Earth, for example, has a very strong magnetic field as a result of a multitude of factors. Mars on the other hand does not have a strong magnetic field protecting it from the solar winds. It is believed that Ancient Mars had rivers and lakes, however it died billions of years ago after the bombardment of solar winds eventually depleted the atmosphere to create the version of mars that we know of today. Solar wind is a stream of energized particles that flow out of the sun throughout…

composed of gases, as assumed from its name. Terrestrial planets are also known for their solid surfaces made out of rocks or metals with a massive metal core. Only four known planets fit this description in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Interestingly enough, these four terrestrial planets are the planets closest to the sun. Although these four planets are in the category…

Recent revelations in the news over NASA finding “liquid” water on Mars has gotten many people excited about the possibility of sending humans to live on the planet, without much insight into the actual reasons why that idea is still not currently feasible. A planet must have much more than just water in order to be a habitable place, and these factors are often overlooked, in fact the same factors affecting the water supply on Mars are also the factors that factors behind the other reasons it…

Where No Man Has Gone Before “Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying” (A.C. Clarke, n.d.) Since the discovery of the greater universe, mankind has looked to the stars and wondered whether or not other forms of intelligent life were among them. Some say that humanity is alone in the cold void of outer space, claiming that other civilizations would have found Earth by now had they existed in the first place. Others believe that…

In Edgar Rice Burroughs’s story, “Under the Moons of Mars,” there are many instances of both fantasy and science fiction. When the narrator is describing things, he talks in a very scientific way. When describing a creature from Mars, he tells the reader, “the feet themselves were heavily padded… (which) is a characteristic feature of the fauna of Mars” (151). This is the way a scientist would talk about an animal, not the way a layperson tells someone about what they saw. The narrator also…

Joshua Connolly 08 August 2015 NCAS2015FALL Evolvable Mars Campaign Essay Question # 4 The question of how to effectively plan a mission to Mars is multi-faceted. To convey the idea of the best mission, every portion of the mission must be discussed. The spacecraft must be designed to meet all mission and safety specifications. The testing must recreate possible scenarios encountered for the duration of the mission. The actual spaceflight plan must account for every action the mission is to take…

This report has two major parts of the main body: the atmosphere of Pluto and surface of Pluto. For atmosphere part, I discussed its unusual extended range, composition, and the escape of atmospheric atoms. Atoms of tholins in the atmosphere can affect both the colour of haze and the ground of Pluto. The second part contains the geological features on Pluto, including two distinctive regions: Sputnik Platinum and Tombaugh Regio. In this part, further interactions of the atmosphere and geological…

Have you ever thought about life beyond earth? Scientist from NASA have been researching and building many prototypes of rovers to test possible places that maybe one day we might colonize on it! One of these places that NASA has been researching is the moon Titan, NASA picked this moon to research(although they are researching more planets similar to earth) because, it has many signs that it could sustain life one day! Some theories about NASA and the thought and evidence of life beyond earth…

How does the moon affect Earth’s tides? The is not the only thing that affects the tides the sun also affects the tides. To understand how it works you need some basic information. So the first thing you should know is that as the Earth spins the water around the Earth stays at a steady level. This is because Earth’s gravity pulls inward and the centrifugal force pushing outward that is how the water stays in place but the Moon’s gravity is strong enough to disrupt the steady ocean levels by…

The Thronateeska was OK. The least favorable thing we did was watch a slide show about space. It wouldn’t have been so bad if the ceiling wasn’t the screen. The Planetarium is dome shaped, so we had to lean back in our seats and look up at the ceiling. It wasn’t very fun, but I did learn that Venus is the hottest planet. The scavenger hunt was alright. It wasn’t my most favorite activity, but it wasn’t my least favorite either. I learned that we live in the Cenozoic era. Overall, the…