Curiosity's next mission is the past and future of "Life of Mars"

The spacecraft Curiosity was sent to Mars to do an important mission to find a microorganisms on the surface of Mars.But the job is over, and Curiosity is given a new mission.The mission is something related to the past and future of Mars' life.

A new scientist team that takes over Curiosity's science mission has just been selected, but Curiosity has finished the main mission that was already initially planned.What is your next job?

JPL (Jet Promotion Institute) provided a list of all scientific projects scheduled for the first extension mission in the spacecraft.

What you can see from this list is that all of these surveys are to elucidate what happened in the life of Mars.For example, there are "Understanding the Iron Oxide Oxide on Iolice, suggestions of past living environments", "control of old environments using synthetic products, and organic storage land in the gale crater".

But when you look at the research, you can see another point there.There are also research on radiation doses on the current status on Mars, and which places are the most suitable place for residence.In other words, this is not only what has happened in the life of Mars in the past in the future scientific projects, but also what will happen to the future of Mars in the future.is.

"The scientific goal of the mission is to continue studying the current environmental factors, but to understand how the ancient environmental condition has changed from a favorable situation to the survival of microorganisms to a difficult situation.GUY WEBSTER, JPL Public Relations, talks to Gizmodo in the United States.He also says, "One of the important research on the future of Mars's residence is monitoring natural radiation from RAD surveys."

The word "Life of Mars" now means not only about the life that existed on Mars in the past, but also how we can survive on Mars.If you dig into this question deeply, the number of research that Curiosity is doing in additional missions will be the first step to solve it.

Image: Curiosity Rover Self Portrait/NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS

Source: NASA JPL-CALTECH

Ria Misra --Gizmodo US [Original]

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