Mars Science Laboratory

demonstrate the much-need technologies that we would need for the hopeful placement of humans on Mars. For this, NASA has a phased approach strategy to all their in-space objectives. ARM is certainly no exception. The first phase begins with identifying asteroids. from there, the redirect mission takes up phase two. Phase three and beyond has a crewed mission redirecting asteroids and using the technology to get to Mars.…

Bang Theory or even the Big Splash, but the Theia Impact is the biggest contribution to our planet and is timeless to us humans. Although the impact happened 4.5 billion years ago, and 30 to 50 million years after the solar system began to form, a mars sized rock created a modern tool used everyday by everybody. Earth’s moon is unique in matter and how it became apart of our planet's orbit. Moons are captured by their planets by their rings and pull of the orbit of the planet. Jupiter has 60…

is Kaelyn, and our article is about NASA’s Curiosity rover finding evidence of former lakes on Mars. The article came from NPR on Oct. 8. As some people may know, Mars is very frigid and dry, however the NASA Rover, Curiosity, has found evidence that there was once liquid on Mars. Around a billion years ago, Mars was cold, and wet. Curiosity has found geological evidence that liquid was evident on Mars approximately 3.5 billion years ago. John Grotzinger, a researcher at Caltech and chief…

self-sufficient, and civilized society across the planet of Mars. Hopefully this society will thrive and expand into its own human colony. Everybody is affected by the law and no exceptions are to be made based on social status, religion, ethnicity, or any other irrelevant characteristics. The purpose of law is to govern a nation, as opposed to being controlled by arbitrary decisions of government officials. 2. Authority After a stable environment on Mars has been established (post-arrival),…

Earth, where we live. What you happen if we had no sun? What would happen if there was only poisonous gases? Earth as we know it could have turned out a lot different then it is just by these little things we didn’t know was out there, in space. Earth’s atmosphere is thick enough to prevent poisonous rays of radiation from getting to it. The earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down because of the moon. ‘’As a single footstep will not make a on the earth, so a single thought will not make a…

Is ''The Martian'' Movie Realistic? I recently went to the theater to see Matt Damon's newest picture, ''The Martian''. In it, Damon stars as Mark Watney, a NASA astronaut who finds himself stuck on Mars after a freak dust storm forces him and his team (Ares III) off of the planet. When Watney is struck by debri before he can enter the ship home, the rest of the crew is forced to assume he's dead and leave without him. What they don't know is that Watney survived, due to the debri actually…

Thanks to its carved topography, researchers have always suspected that Mars was once home to several rivers, lakes, and perhaps even oceans. There has even been some speculation about the existence of frozen water deep beneath the ground. However, finding evidence of liquid water in the present day, has been a little elusive. That is why NASA's September 28th announcement that confirmed the detection of liquid brine on the Red Planet caused so much excitement. The first indication of the…

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or JPL, is a federally funded research and development center that managed by CalTech and works closely with NASA. It functions to build and operate planetary spacecraft, and uses these spacecraft to orbit the earth and carry out missions in space. JPL is responsible for running NASA’s Deep Space Network by utilizing three telescopes to provide a view of space and communicate with space stations. JPL Robotics also created the Curiosity Rover, currently on Mars. This…

For more than fifteen years, the search for any sign of water on Mars has finally been found conclusive. Findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provided the definite evidence that water flows periodically throughout Mars. Using a spectrometer on the MRO, researchers saw hydrated minerals that are seen as streaks. These streaks fade in cooler seasons and seem to flow down as well as darken during the warmer seasons. These flows are called recurring slop linea and the finding of…

fascinated with the stars ever since the beginning of time. Our first manned mission to the moon was Apollo 11. It was a highlighted moment in history when the impossible was accomplished. Now our mission is to find a planet that supports life. NASA thinks Mars can do this. This will not happen for decades unless NASA gets more funding. While space exploration creates pollution, more funding from the government would greatly improve NASA's progression in space exploration because it would create…