Panel #2: The Lure of the Red Planet — PART 1
NASA,Space,Exploration,Solar System
Panel Chair: Janet Vertesi (Princeton University)
Richard W. Zurek (JPL): Mars After 50 Years Of Space Exploration: Then, Now, and Beyond
David Grinspoon (Denver Museum of Nature & Science): Evolving Concepts Of Planetary Habitability In The Age Of Planetary Exploration
#Panel #Lure #Red #Planet #PART
need a cup of water, im a bit firsty
The Chairlady is charming, easy to listen to and understand.
Could the layers not be laid down by changing wind conditions. Is water absolutely crucial?
OMG! wth… haha Circus in the full glory.
Nah it’s not worth comment.
Here, take it
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If Mars was ever Earthlike, it had to have had a magnetic field at sometime. Without a magnetic field, any random life form or community of same would have a very short life — expectancy. If Curiosity finds just fossils there, I’ll eat my socks. 😉
Even if Mars had 90 % water in its makeup in the past, without a substantial magnetic field, life wouldn’t last long.
“blah, blah, blah … Curiosity, no pun intended …” AAAAAGGGGGGGHH!
David Grinspoon dropped the bomb at the end.
“We know a lot about the diversity of planets, but little about the diversity of life!”
Give Phobos a nudge and find out what’s really beneath the surface of Mars.
It did have a magnetic field, there was a “moon”, a rather large asteroid, it later crashed into Mars, after this the magnetic field shut down and with it went the atmosphere, and any life that was there perished. I can only hope that we send a team to Mars, then we will see what Mars is really like, only humans can think and react.
Yeah, automated probes are wonderful, but I’d prefer a human presence in the near future.
I’ve heard talk of TERRAFORMING Mars, but it won’t really work unless someone can jump-start the magnetic field. I’ve heard some radical ways of how this can be done.
…I’m amazed…
Now I can’t sleep…I love it…