Since I was a young child Mars held a special fascination for me. It was so close and yet so faraway. I have never doubted that it once had advanced life and still has remnants of that life now. I am a dedicated member of the Mars Society,Norcal Mars Society National Space Society, Planetary Society, And the SETI Institute. I am a supporter of Explore Mars, Inc. I'm a great admirer of Elon Musk and SpaceX. I have a strong feeling that Space X will send a human to Mars first.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Nine Finalists Chosen in NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Naming Contest
Nine Finalists Chosen in NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Naming Contest: Nine finalists have been chosen in the essay contest for K-12 students across U.S. to name NASA's next Mars rover. Now you can help by voting for your favorite.
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Friday, January 17, 2020
Northern Illinois aerospace company lands $320M contract to work on NASA’s Orion spacecraft fleet - WEEK
Northern Illinois aerospace company lands $320M contract to work on NASA’s Orion spacecraft fleet - WEEK: The contract is valued at $320 million, and the systems provided by Collins Aerospace, which has a location in Rockford, will play an important role in enabling NASA's goal of boots on the moon by 2024, and establish a sustained presence on and around the moon to prepare a mission to Mars.
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Monday, January 13, 2020
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Closer to Getting Its Name
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Closer to Getting Its Name: 155 students from across the U.S. have been chosen as semifinalists in NASA's essay contest to name the Mars 2020 rover. and see it launch from Cape Canaveral this July.
Friday, January 10, 2020
Mars Earthquakes
Planetary Rumble
Planet Earth is composed of dozens of tectonic plates that constantly move around to position themselves – and end up causing earthquakes in the process.
Mars doesn’t have plate tectonics, yet scientists at NASA were able to record several seismic rumbles within the red planet, National Geographic recently reported.
Last year, NASA’s InSight lander robot, for the first time, recorded two “marsquakes” between magnitudes 3 and 4 in area known as Cerberus Fossae, nearly 1,000 miles from the craft’s landing zone.
The quakes were pretty small by Earth’s standards, but they are the largest seismic activities recorded on Mars.
Scientists remain unclear as to what exactly is causing the planetary rumble.
After Mars was formed, the molten rock surface of the planet cooled down to form a static crust round a rocky inner mantle, yet scientists aren’t sure about the current state of the planet’s interior.
They suspect that pockets of magma might still remain below the crust and the marsquakes are formed due to the rocky planet’s ongoing cooling and contraction.
The NASA team, however, has declined to comment until their results are published in a peer-reviewed journal, but other scientists are pretty excited at the prospect of Mars’s seismic activity.
“Mars has just become a bit more alive to us with these data,” said planetary geologist Paul Byrne, who wasn’t involved in the study.
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World
NASA Planet Hunter Finds Earth-Size Habitable-Zone World: The planet, TOI 700d, is the first Earth-size habitable-zone planet discovered by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. It was confirmed by the Spitzer Space Telescope.
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