To explore the solar system beyond our planet, one important factor is the ability to locate water which can be used for drinking and for creating rocket fuel. To assist in the hunt for water on neighboring Mars, NASA has released a "treasure map" of potential ice locations on the red planet.
Researchers created the map of the Martian surface which shows where water ice (so-called because other chemical compounds can freeze) is believed to be located. In some places, the ice is as little as 2.5 centimeters below the surface, making it easily accessible to future visitors. Cool colors represent ice closer to the surface, while warm colors are ice deeper down.
Not to change the topic here:
News | NASA's Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars
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Belvisi told Venture Beat that she's already identified four possible sites within the Mojave Desert—the driest of its kind on the continent—where the EBios village could be built. She hopes to nail down a property by February. Belvisi's team is made of up a handful of engineers, scientists, and an architect. They've already created a vision for the first EBios village ( a very BIG-like design concept ) which would be able to support up to 100 people.
So far, information on the acreage of the project has not been made public. Interstellar Lab is still in the process of raising money for the design and construction of the first EBios village, according to Venture Beat , and they are already in talks with NASA about its potential use for space-based government research. Belvisi wants to build a second EBios in Cape Canaveral, Florida, near the Kennedy Space Center.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Stopping a Mars mission from messing with the mind - Axios
Space agencies and scientists are testing new ways to mitigate the psychological effects of a trip to Mars.
Why it matters: One of the major limiting factors for a mission to Mars will be the human mind, experts agree.
What's happening: IBM, Airbus and the German Aerospace Center just launched CIMON-2 — an upgraded robotic assistant that can read a person's tone of voice — to the International Space Station.
Researchers are also studying how the brain and body might change during long trips in space, affecting a person's cognition.
Global circulation of Mars' upper atmosphere | Science
The atmospheric loss processes that stripped Mars of most of its ancient atmosphere are poorly understood. Benna et al. analyzed atmospheric measurements collected by the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft as it repeatedly dipped into the red planet's upper atmosphere. Combining multiple observing modes allowed the authors to derive wind speeds and map the global circulation of the atmosphere at altitudes of ∼150 kilometers.
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The thermosphere of Mars is the interface through which the planet is continuously losing its reservoir of atmospheric volatiles to space. The structure and dynamics of the thermosphere is driven by a global circulation that redistributes the incident energy from the Sun. We report mapping of the global circulation in the thermosphere of Mars with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft.
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OU professor responds to fallout over Mars hypothesis | Readers Forum | athensnews.com
I recently presented a research poster ("Does Insect/Arthropod Biodiversity Extend Beyond Earth") at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America. This poster stemmed from my examination of NASA photographs sent back to earth by the Curiosity rover. You can see my poster and subsequent comments to critics on researchgate.com . (Find the article by Googling the aforementioned name of the research poster, and the comments by Googling "A Few Comments About Mars Insects & NASA.
Happening on Twitter
NASA finds water ice just below the surface of Mars https://t.co/FksCbmTPI0 https://t.co/Sb0LvZgPB9 engadget (from Global) Thu Dec 12 11:31:30 +0000 2019
NASA discovers water ice deposits on Mars astronauts could reach with a shovel https://t.co/CSyKq7SuJT https://t.co/I2rlX085Yn CNET (from San Francisco) Thu Dec 12 06:15:55 +0000 2019
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