The Buried Glaciers of Mars

Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 21, 2008 in Science

Artist concept of glacier on Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL

It turns out that NASA has discovered that under soil of Mars there are huge glaciers — what cool about this is that it means that a future manned visit to the red planet would be much easier to pull off. Scientists are now trying to figure out just how the ice got there in the first place, but to me that’s yet another argument why NASA should be focusing on a Mars mission instead of returning back to the moon (which China and India are already doing as we speak). Read more…

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The Little Lander That Could…

Posted by Michael Pinto on Nov 11, 2008 in Science

The Phoenix Mars Lander’s solar panel and robotic arm in an image taken June 10, 2008.

Everyone is mourning the loss of the Phoenix lander due to the harsh Martian winter, however I’m quite impressed with how this mission lasted much longer than anyone could have predicted:

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