Mars Rover Gone Quiet

[Toaster]

So just imagine Humans on Mars......Cabin fever comes to mind......if they make the journey........if they survive the landing.......if they survive the dust storms.......oh such a brave new world.

Just send the robots its much easier and more humane.........Oh not to mention the cold no sea no blue skies and if you spend too long their then no return.....

[jmorgan]

Toaster said:

So just imagine Humans on Mars......Cabin fever comes to mind......if they make the journey........if they survive the landing.......if they survive the dust storms.......oh such a brave new world.

Just send the robots its much easier and more humane.........Oh not to mention the cold no sea no blue skies and if you spend too long their then no return.....

I went to Butlins when I was a kid. Same thing. Survived that ok.

[Dogwatch]

It survived an earlier dust storm but scientists are concerned that this one is much, much worse, so could be curtains. Apparently.

[Toaster]

jmorgan said:

I went to Butlins when I was a kid. Same thing. Survived that ok.

that makes you top of the list for Mars

[Beati Dogu]

The current martian dust storm is pretty much planet wide. They've been known to last weeks and sometimes months.

[Toaster]

Beati Dogu said:

The current martian dust storm is pretty much planet wide. They've been known to last weeks and sometimes months.

Good luck to all those who wish to go and live there......Cold, Dusty no life, I have visited a few bars and night clubs like that and only stayed a few minutes............

[Kccv23highliftcam]

Toaster said:

Beati Dogu said:

The current martian dust storm is pretty much planet wide. They've been known to last weeks and sometimes months.

Good luck to all those who wish to go and live there......Cold, Dusty no life, I have visited a few bars and night clubs like that and only stayed a few minutes............

some would say you never left...

[Toaster]

Kccv23highliftcam said:

some would say you never left...

some may say that...but my guess is they have stilted thinking.

[Kccv23highliftcam]

Any updates on the rover?

[Eric Mc]

Not heard any news for a while. Has the dust storm abated yet?

[Kccv23highliftcam]

Toaster said:

some may say that...but my guess is they have stilted thinking.

incorrect pronoun chap.

[Beati Dogu]

The dust storm is still going on. It took about a month to get to full intensity.

BTW it was 15 years yesterday since the Opportunity rover was launched on a Delta II rocket.

It landed on the planet on January 25th, 2004.

[Toaster]

Kccv23highliftcam said:

incorrect pronoun chap.

im sure I can come up with many more for entertainment

[Beati Dogu]

NASA reckon it could be September before the current Mars storm abates enough to give the Opportunity rover the chance to wake up and phone home.

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/science/news/nasa-says-no...


Looking at Mars in the night sky, it does appear extra red these days.

[Beati Dogu]

Mars will be at its closest to Earth for 15 years next week. A mere 35.8 million miles apart.


https://apnews.com/bc148b0054a04c1cbd48e7e65a2c598...

[Eric Mc]

Just been looking at Mars a few minutes ago. It is VERY red. However, I think some of that redness is due to the fact that it is quite low in the sky and our own atmosphere that is making it look unusually red - as it makes a setting sun look red sometimes.

[B17NNS]

Looks like they've found some water.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/scientists-found-water-m...

[Eric Mc]

B17NNS said:

Looks like they've found some water.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/scientists-found-water-m...

Perhaps. There's a bit more work to be done before it can be confirmed.

We have known there is water on Mars for over 30 years. However, what is interesting here is that the water may be in liquid form rather than water ice.

[Beati Dogu]

It's probably not liquid for very long and only in certain areas.

The air pressure on Mars is so low (about 0.6% of Earth's at sea level) that water boils at only 10 °C

Although it's usually very cold on Mars, it can get up to a balmy 20°C at the equator in summer.

[Eric Mc]

Beati Dogu said:

It's probably not liquid for very long and only in certain areas.

The air pressure on Mars is so low (about 0.6% of Earth's at sea level) that water boils at only 10 °C

Although it's usually very cold on Mars, it can get up to a balmy 20°C at the equator in summer.

It's under 1 mile of water ice.

I think we should use the other thread to discuss this and keep this one for Mars Rovers.