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NASA has Chosen the Landing Site for its Life-Hunting 2020 Mars Rover

posted by martyb on Wednesday November 21 2018, @09:27AM   
from the Imagine-the-reaction-if-they-found-certain-proof-there-is/was-life-there? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

New Scientist:

After four years of deliberation, NASA has picked its next Mars landing spot: Jezero crater. The hope is that it has the right environment to preserve signs of ancient life.

Satellite images suggest the 50-kilometre-wide crater once had a river flowing along its rim and into a big lake. It is thought to hold rocks that can preserve organic molecules, such as clays and carbonates. It is located 18 degrees north of Mars's equator.

If there are no delays, the rover will launch July 2020 and arrive February 2021.

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• Blue skies Blue skies (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 21 2018, @05:18PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 21 2018, @05:18PM (#764822)

  In reality, Mars has blue skies, like Earth. But with image editing they make it red, so that it appears hostile and no one would ask why we aren't going there.

  All they are appear to be able to do is send small toys to other planets when it should be possible to send larger machines that can at least last a while and do some actual work. But no, the money to send 1KG more will kill them all.

  The lies go deep indeed.

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• Re:Blue skies (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday November 22 2018, @02:44PM

  by khallow (3766) on Thursday November 22 2018, @02:44PM (#765204) Journal

  But no, the money to send 1KG more will kill them all.

  Ok, what is significant about this "1KG" that you are even mentioning it?

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