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NASA Mars Weather Service Launched

posted by martyb on Thursday February 21 2019, @04:51AM   
from the predicting-low-temperatures-brought-on-by-reduced-sunshine-and-a-low-pressure-system dept.

RandomFactor writes:

Courtesy of its Insight lander, NASA has launched a website that provides week-long weather forecasts for Elysium Planitia of our dusty red neighbor.

The new site is available here, and

...provides the public with a weekly Mars forecast, including high and low temperatures, wind speed, and pressure. The weekly forecast is joined by a historic data chart showing average and record temperatures for the Red Planet, offering a truly unique look at the foreign world.

The lander is located on the Elysium Planitia, a flat, smooth plain located slightly North of the equator.

The InSight(Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) Lander's primary mission is to "to study in-depth the 'inner space' of Mars: its crust, mantle, and core."

NASA does better with acronyms than Congress.

Also at: Bad Astronomer, CNN, Forbes, and Fortune.

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• Australia has had this for years Australia has had this for years (Score: 4, Funny) by driverless on Thursday February 21 2019, @11:31AM (1 child)

  by driverless (4770) on Thursday February 21 2019, @11:31AM (#804463)

  Shit, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has been forecasting the weather on Mars for years. Or at least I'm pretty sure it's Mars, it certainly isn't the weather in Australia.

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• Re:Australia has had this for years (Score: 2) by RS3 on Thursday February 21 2019, @05:06PM

  by RS3 (6367) on Thursday February 21 2019, @05:06PM (#804578)

  Possible the best post ever.

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