That sort of work is on display in a newly released NASA data visualization showing how clouds grow and shrink over the course of a day on Mars . The visualization is the work of the Mars Climate Modeling Center at NASA's Ames Research Center in California, relying on the institution's supercomputing facility.
In the visualization, features visible on the surface of Mars include the four massive Tharsis volcanic mountains that stand out like knots in a wood plank. The vast Valles Marineris stretches out along the right-hand-side of the view, etched into the Red Planet's surface.
Not to change the topic here:
Ikea fills Mars research station with small space furniture - Curbed
Scientists probably haven't given much thought to the interior design of Martian settlements, but you know who has? Ikea.
She went about filling the station with Ikea products like the Bror shelving unit , Kungsfors cart , Kullaberg stools , and Tertial work lamps .
The result is appropriately utilitarian but with a hint of homeyness. Honestly, it doesn't sound all that different from what might be found in the average dorm room. And in some ways that's the point—what would make you feel more at home when you're 34 million miles away than having to tighten the leg of your desk with an Allen wrench?
Interdisciplinary team takes top prize in Mars colony design competition | MIT News
Star City, a concept for a human city on Mars, won first place at the Mars Colony Prize Design contest. The design, led by MIT PhD student George Lordos and his brother Alexandros, features five villages constructed around a crater rim.
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In Star City, excavated Martian materials would be mined for water ice and useful minerals, which would serve as critical inputs to build aquaponics facilities and in the food production process.
The Star City five villages would interconnect their tunnel networks within the first year and develop their own unique approaches to addressing survival challenges, cultivating a distinct culture, and aesthetics, while remaining connected with the other villages.
Using Bacteria to Build a Base on Mars - Universe Today
When it comes to plans for future missions to space, one of the most important aspects will be the use of local resources and autonomous robots. This process is known as In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), which reduces the amount of equipment and resources that need to be sent ahead or brought along by a mission crew. Meanwhile, autonomous robots can be sent ahead of a crew and have everything prepared for them in advance.
But what about bacteria that can draw iron from extraterrestrial soil, which would then be used to 3D print metal components for a base? That is the idea that is being proposed by PhD candidate Benjamin Lehner of the Delft University of Technology. On Friday (Nov. 22nd), he defended his thesis, which calls for the deployment of an uncrewed mission to Mars that will convert regolith into useable metal using a bacteria-filled bioreactor.
Many things are taking place:
What Do Aliens Smell Like | Are Aliens Real | Mars Facts
“Your son is absolutely correct in his inference,” she told me. “Most of my work in astrobiology looks at anaerobic environments, which have a lot in common with the environments that produce farts. So, yes, aliens are reasonably likely to smell like farts.”
And at least according to Sousa-Silva, the answer to that question is: not especially pleasant. Even if Martians denied it, they most definitely supplied it.
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Phosphine doesn’t exist randomly. It could be used for defense, she speculates. “Phosphine is a powerful weapon to anything aerobic,” Sousa-Silva says. “So using it as an attack or defense mechanism is a possibility. It could also be used for signaling or more complex communication.”
Martian rocks could be returned to Earth as part of a new $7billion space mission | Daily Mail
The joint $7 billion (£5.4 billion) NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) mission is taking shape, with new rovers and rockets being developed.
This week, European politicians are expected to agree ESA's $1.65 billion share of funding, which is needed for the project to go ahead.
'It's as complicated as sending humans to the Moon,' says Brian Muirhead, lead MSR planner at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California .
NASA Mars Mission Success: Bacteria Could Play Big Role In Human Survival
Iron-crafting bacteria could pave the way for the future development of human habitats on Mars, a graduate student at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has proposed.
According to a report , Benjamin Lehner, a Ph.D. candidate from Delft, is developing a technology he is dubbing In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) that could be the key for preparing materials on the red planet even before a manned mission to Mars is planned out.
Practicing for a voyage to Mars | MIT News
The crew of HERA Campaign 5, Mission 2: (l-r) Barret Schlegelmilch SM '18, MBA '18, Christian Clark, Julie Mason, and Ana Mosquera.
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Barret Schlegelmilch conducts an initial analysis of simulated Phobos samples in the habitat's glovebox.
The crew of a simulated Mars mission enjoys some brief R&R with coffee by the (virtual) fire. Left to right: Christian Clark, Barret Schlegelmilch, Ana Mosquera, and Julie Mason.
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