Mars Rover Mars is an interesting and mysterious planet. It is often referred to as the Red Planet. The Romans named Mars after the god of war. The rocks‚ soil‚ and sky all have a red hue on account of rust. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun at about 141 million miles (228 million kilometers) and the last terrestrial planet from the Sun. Mars follows closely behind Earth but is comparatively smaller‚ with about half the diameter of Earth (6‚794-km) and about one-tenth of Earth s mass (6.419
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Mars VS Earth Mars and Earth are both part of the four terrestrial planets that orbit within the inner solar system and are from the same origin. They are both made of rock and metal. Mars has an extremely weak magnetosphere however‚ so probably doesn’t have a liquid metal core. Earth on the other hand does have a liquid metal core‚ which provides its strong magnetosphere. Solar radiation can therefore directly penetrate Mars‚ while Earth can reflect solar radiation. Mars is much further from
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magazine in the year 2010. Obviously‚ this article is focusing on how to make Mars livable for humans. Kunzig also wants his readers to know how will NASA transform Mars into a planet like Earth‚ by using a timeline. He actually agree on his topic‚ he believes that Mars can also be like Earth‚ a habitable and safe planet. Adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere will actually make the planet warm‚ and here on our planet‚ we know how to do it. Kunzig also asked for others’ opinion namely‚ Chris McKay
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Mars One is sending a rocket with four people in it to Mars in 2022. The mission to Mars takes six months of travel! The trip to Mars is extremely dangerous because one wrong move can easily result in death‚ the rocket will be more than one hundred billion dollars‚ and there are robots that will be picking up information for Mars One. Cosmic radiation doesn’t allow a trip back to earth. It consists of photons (energy about 2.78 Kelvin). On top of those are higher energy particles that are being
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is to locate evidence of current of past life underground and to test the ability of Mars to sustain life. Using the research conducted in past‚ current‚ and future Mars missions‚ this mission proposes three questions about Mars that correlate to the Mars Exploration Program (MEP) science goals and guide the mission. 1. Is there a possibility that life is inhabiting below the surface of Mars? 2. Does Mars “have fossils‚ which would lead to the assumption of past life or is this process only
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Charles Urella Professor Graudreau SCI 103 Homework Assignment #1 7/10/2013 The Planet Neptune Neptune‚ the eighth and last planet in the solar system‚ it is so-called after the Roman god of the sea. This magnificent blue gargantuan is quite similar to Uranus in scope and composition‚ but much further than the Sun‚ it takes Neptune about 164 years to orbit the Sun. Like other gaseous planets Neptune turns at a tremendous speed on its axis‚ making one day about 16 hours long
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Around 2035 NASA astronaut Mark Watney. A botanist and mechanical engineer have been left by his crew stranded on Mars. after the crew of the Ares 3 mission were made to evacuate their landing site in Acidalia Planitia (On Mars) due to a huge dust storm with high-speed winds. Mark was impaled by an antenna during the evacuation and believed dead. The types of language the author used made me more interested in the book because they would appeal to me more because they seemed more scientific. As
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Jovian Planets Ranging between 4.95 and 30.4 AU away from the Sun are the Jovian planets. Jovian means of or relating to either the planet or the mythological god‚ Jupiter. The Jovian planets‚ also referred to as gas giants‚ are Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ and Neptune. These planets all fit the category of being a Jovian planet due to the mutual inclusiveness of a thick atmosphere composed of hydrogen and helium. These planets are not solid‚ they only become denser further towards the core
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Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system. Because Saturn is bigger than Earth‚ you would weigh more on Saturn. If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth you would weigh 112 on Saturn. The Romans gave the planet Saturn its name after their god of agriculture. Saturn is 74‚899 miles wide (120‚535 kilometers wide). It takes Saturn ten hours and forty minutes to complete one single rotation‚ isn ’t that cool! One day on Saturn is only ten hours long‚ ours is twenty-four hours long. Thirty years
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Mars has the second highest known mountain within the Solar System (the tallest on a planet) - the mighty Olympus Mons. People have always wanted the opportunity to go to Mars‚ they have always thought that is impossible‚ but‚ NASA has come up with some of the best newest technologies to get to Mars as safetly as possible. NASA created the Orion and the space launch system also known as the SLS. Someday the human population will become to large for the Earth to be able support. Mars is an amazing
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