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Mars

Mars' Mysterious South Pole Revealed in New Photo

http://www.space.com/30807-mars-mysterious-south-pole-photo.html

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wow what a picture!!!
 
These 3 rovers on Mars are something..

Spirit.
Mission duration Planned: 90 Martian solar days (~92 Earth days)
Operational: 2269 days from landing to last contact (2208 sols)
Mobile: 1944 Earth days landing to final embedding (1892 sols)
Total: 2695 days from landing to mission end (2623 sols)
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Opportunity

Mission duration Planned: 90 sols (92.5 days)
Current: 4302 days since landing Currently: 4187 sols
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Curiosity

Mission duration Primary: 668 sols (687 days)
Current: 1154 sols (1185 days) since landing[1]
 
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It will be interesting a long way into the future when our sun when it goes red giant if it will warm up Mars enought for life. Probably will still be tough since it is so small and has such a weak gravity well.. also no magnetc field to protect said life..
 
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When our sun goes red giant the place to be will be Titan and Pluto now that we know Pluto has frozen mountains of ice and a super thick atmosphere..Mars.. I think what happened there was the core slowed down and weakened the shield which allowed the solar winds to blow it's atmosphere away, I think the same thing will ultimately occur here has well long before the sun goes red.
 
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Curiouser And Curiouser: NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Piles Of Silica On Mars

In a finding that suggests "considerable water activity" on Mars, NASA says its Curiosity rover has found very high concentrations of silica on the red planet. The agency says it also found "a mineral named tridymite, rare on Earth and never seen before on Mars."

The discoveries took place on Mount Sharp, where Curiosity drilled into a rock called "Buckskin" to find the tridymite, and where it used its "ChemCam" laser to measure high silica levels. The odd findings led researchers to take the rare step of ordering Curiosity to retrace its path to learn more.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...curiosity-rover-finds-piles-of-silica-on-mars


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The mysteries of Mars consistently fascinate scientists and astronomy enthusiasts. The planet Mars has been an online trending topic for a week, due to the Curiosity Mars rover celebrating its fifth year on the red planet. The main goals are to discover if Mars has ever supported life and if it can be made suitable for human life. Before getting the answers to those questions, one must initiate self-discovery and unravel the mysteries of Mars.

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2762802/my...-truth-of-the-red-planet/#30iJ6rt1JKps2vU7.99
 
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