UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
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Deliver the first-ever robotic rover to the surface of the red planet.
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Analyze the polution on Mars’ Oceans.
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Determine if Mars was ever able to support microbial life
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To help Mark Watney “Space Pirate” to survive on Mars
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Detailed explanation-1: -Curiosity’s main goal was to determine if the area around its landing site-Mars’ huge Gale Crater-has ever been capable of supporting microbial life.
Detailed explanation-2: -NASA’s Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life on Mars.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Curiosity rover found that ancient Mars had the right chemistry to support living microbes. Curiosity found sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon–key ingredients necessary for life–in the powder sample drilled from the “Sheepbed” mudstone in Yellowknife Bay.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mars Science Laboratory studies the rock and soil record in order to understand the geologic processes that created and modified the martian crust and surface through time.
Detailed explanation-5: -The confirmation that liquid water once flowed on Mars, the existence of nutrients, and the previous discovery of a past magnetic field that protected the planet from cosmic and solar radiation, together strongly suggest that Mars could have had the environmental factors to support life.