NASA: Strong Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars NASA发现火星存在液态水的强有力证据 Scientists have found strong evidence of salt water on the planet Mars, the U.S.space agency NASA announced Monday. 美国太空总署国家航空航天局周

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Steve Squyres Martian odyssey has taken him from pole to pole, visiting those places on earth that share at least some of the same characteristics. They are extremely dry, extremely cold or extremely dead. Death Valley is one of his favorites. This i

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In the four decades since our robots first arrived, the once fuzzy ball at the end of our telescopes has steadily focused into a red planet we can understand, and it is not a welcoming place. The problem is the atmosphere is so thin and cold that wat

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Therere some basic things you should know about Mars before leaving home. Most days will be clear, and sunny and cold. The average temperature on Mars is as bitter as midwinter in Antarctica. And about half the diameter of the earth, Mars is a handy

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Could life have been forged in the same way on both planets? When we sent the first probe to investigate in the 1960s, almost anything was possible. Originally in the popular imagination we thought that Mars might be inhabited by whole civilizations,

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Its been said that the first person on Mars is alive somewhere on earth today. Imagine its you. What do you need to know? How much you get there? What should you pack? What are some of the must-see sights and what should you avoid? Think of this as y

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Science and Technolgy 科技 Mars exploration 火星探测 How to land a Mini on Mars 迷你漫游车如何登陆火星 The biggest and fanciest Mars rover so far will soon blast off from Florida 迄今为止最大和最新奇的火星探测器即将于

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美国宇航局正在筹划一个名为百年星航的项目,计划在时机成熟时将载人航天器发送至火星,并让宇航员在那里定居,最终将火星拓展为人类的另一个领地。据悉,美国宇航局埃姆斯研究中心

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There is no room to screw up on a trip like this, mental or otherwise. Once on Mars, you are likely to be stuck there for a year or more, waiting for a window of opportunity to ride home. And unlike a robot, the hopes and fears of the whole planet wi

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If we have been wet, then we want to look for nutrients and food sources that could support microbes. The water ice is proof of a valuable resource for any life forms still clinging(附着) beneath the surface and for future travelers. We now know th

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It is chemically impossible for methane to survive for long in the Martian atmosphere, so it must have been released recently. Now what makes methane? Cows make methane? Probably not cows. Oh, microbes, various sorts can release methane, there are a

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When we reconstruct our imaginations, Mars are 3 billion years ago. We tend to make it like Earth, warm and clozzying, but it wasn't. Mars back in its wettest warmth face which probable like Earth today in its coldest regions. So I'm imagining a plac

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You can make estimates of how much water had to have been flowing that carved these things, and you get numbers like 100, 200 Amazon rivers all cut loose at once, big, big amounts of waterfalls / across its surface. The other big attraction on Mars i

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Try the red planet for sight-seeing on an enormous scale. Thanks to our sharp-eyed spacecraft, Mars is opening up like never before. These are real landscapes that humans will one day marvel at in person. You know, if youre going to Mars, youre going

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It was 119 Fahrenheit here yesterday; really, really, really hot day on Mars ever get up to about 30 Fahrenheit and at night it goes to more than 100 below. Martian deserts are both frozen and sun baked. With no Ozone layer, UV levels are so high tha

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But still be able to use your hands. Not only will you want to move your fingers, you want to move around. NASAs lunar electric rover is a prototype for future missions to the moon and Mars. Its part vehicle and part space suit. I can just picture be

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Want to step outside to take in the scenery or pick up some rocks? As familiar as it might look beyond the port hole, Mars is dangerously alien. The upside is the low gravity will give you super jumping abilities, the down, the almost complete lack o

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Before we take this giant leap, we need to be able to carry everything needed for a three-year -round trip with us. This is a much larger effort than getting to the moon. Its the Apollo mission on steroids. At this point we know at least as much as t

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President Barack Obama has his eyes on the stars -- or more accurately -- a planet. 美国总统贝拉克奥巴马一直关注着夜空中的繁星或者更准确的说,是其中一颗行星。 In an op-ed published last Tuesday on CNN, Obama set a

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Six scientists have completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation. 近日,六名科学家在夏威夷一个近乎完全隔绝的圆顶屋中完成了为期一年的火星模拟生活。 For the past ye

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