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Showing posts with label Curiosity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Curiosity. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Great discovery - Curiosity was classified
Curiosity rover during the analysis of ground samples from Mars discovered something that, according to experts at NASA, "can enter the history books." For now, NASA is reluctant to communicate what it is.
"We receive data from a chemistry lab on board the rover, and they look very interesting. Group careful scientific analysis "chew it" - said the head of the scientific mission to John Grottsinger radio station NPR. He added that during the analysis of samples of Martian Grunt, results were obtained which - if confirmed - will enter the history books.
Grottsinger did not say what was found Curiosity, because scientists want more time to check everything carefully. According to Space.com, it can take up to two weeks.
Experts from NASA have become much more cautious in their statements after the samples were analyzed Martian air. The first results from the analysis of the atmosphere of Mars indicates the presence of methane in it, which was a public statement, but repeated measurements methane disappeared. "We knew from the outset that there is a risk to bring it to Mars Air Florida. That's why we made measurements again. "- Said the head of the mission.
Now we have to wait weeks - two to understand what epochal discovery ....
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Curiosity: Man can live on Mars
The level of radiation at the surface of Mars, which scientists believe is one of the obstacles to landing a man there is actually comparable to radiation in low Earth orbit, as measured by Curiosity.
"Ea, astronauts will be able to live in these conditions," - said the representative of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder (Colorado) Don Hasler, commenting on the results of the first-ever measurements of radiation levels on the surface of Mars. Hasler is a leading researcher on data from the rover mounted radiation detector, said "Fox News."
From powerful solar radiation, the Earth protects living beings with its magnetic field which will Mars. This has led scientists to question the astronaut survives after landing on the Red Planet. However, recent studies have shown that the atmosphere - although density, only 1% of the Earth - is an imposing barrier to dangerous fast moving particles from space.
Hasler said that the results are preliminary, as the rover is concerned with the study of the surface of Mars just three months after the planned schedule of the mission for two years. Precise data on the level of radiation on the planet will be determined later, he added.
Curiositi landed on Mars in August 2012 radiation detector is just one of ten scientific instruments are mounted on it. The primary mission of the rovers is searching for evidence that Mars once had an organic life.
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