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Curiosity U-turned and is offering a new angle on the Atacama crime scene 🔍

Credit image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Interactive map and viewing app: https://marslife.org/

#Mars #Curiosity #stuck #AtacamaDrillTarget #rover #Sol4891 #CuriosityRover #space #geology #Astrodon #MSL #Martian #landscape #GaleCrater #MountSharp #AeolisMons #crater #science #STEM #mosaic #photography #crime #crimescene #news #MarsLife

We can consider three possible responses to the discovery of indigenous life on #Mars 🔴

• Leave it alone
• Alter Mars to enhance the chances of that biota to become a global scale biology
• Collect samples for laboratory preservation, then replace or augment it with #terrestrial life forms

It is very unlikely that we would drive to extinction any native #Martian #microorganisms 🦠 by extending the habitability of Mars
#RobertZubrin 2002
https://marspapers.org/paper/McKay_2000.pdf

#Terraforming #Mars

It may be feasible to fabricate tiny reflective #nanorods from iron and aluminum found in the #Martian soil and launch them into the #atmosphere. “The interaction of those particles with the incoming sunlight ☀️ would then cause that solar energy to be preferentially forward scattered to the surface. That would then cause a very strong #greenhouse effect, and we can warm it up several tens of degrees.” 🌡️ https://www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-planetary-scientists-expertise-informs-new-method-for-terraforming-mars/

#Mars #Terraforming #UCF

Do indigenous #Martian 🔴 bacteria have precedence over human exploration ? https://marspapers.org/paper/McKay_2000.pdf

#Terraforming #Mars

Scientists have speculated about the possibility of introducing #Chroococcidiopsis 🦠 to the #Martian 🔴 environment to aid in the formation of an aerobic environment. In addition to #oxygen production, Chroococcidiopsis could aid in the formation of #soil on the Martian surface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroococcidiopsis#Mars_colonization

#Mars #terraforming

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115853731744568358

• #Artemis 🌙 🇺🇸
• #Starship refueling ⛽, catch 🦾
• #BlueMoon 🌙
• #Neutron 🚀
• #Nova 🚀
• #Mengzhou ♻️🇨🇳
• #Zhuque3 ♻️️🇨🇳
• Roman #SpaceTelescope 🔭🇺🇸
• #ChangE7
• #Spectrum, #RFA One, #Miura5 🇪🇺🚀
• #TerranR 🚀
• #Eclipse 🚀
• #NovaC 🌙
• #BlueGhost 🌙
• #Astroscale refueler ⛽
• #Plato exoplanets 🔭🇪🇺
• #Gaganyaan 🚀🇮🇳
• #Martian Moons Exploration 🛰️ 🇯🇵

#NASA #ESA #CASC #ISRO #JAXA #SpaceX #BlueOrigin #RocketLab #StokeSpace #LandSpace #Vast #RelativitySpace #Firefly #NorthropGrumman #IntuitiveMachines #Astroscale

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly by #Mars 🔴 1 month from now — and Europe's #RedPlanet orbiters will be ready. Via @spacedotcom #Martian #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #ESA #31ATLAS

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS wi...

Martian Memories

A Stereo3D view captured at Home Plate by the Spirit rover, Oct. 4, 2007 (Sol 1334).

To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel/left image for left eye/right image for right eye. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Mars #Spirit #HomePlate #GusevCrater #Sol1334 #rover #SpiritRover #space #Martian #landscape #memories #3D #Stereo3D #stereoscopy #science #astrodon

Edge Of Mars’ Great Dichotomy Eroded Back By Hundreds Of Kilometres
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/field-of-mounds-on-mars-may-be-sign-of-erosion-at-the-edge-of-an-ocean/ <-- shared technical article
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01634-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #planet #Mars #remotesensing #imagery #landsurface #geology #topography #astrogeology #elevation #morphology #martian #geography #marsdichotomy #plateau #lowlands #model #3dmodel #basin #highlands #shoreline #ocean #crust #structuralgeology #chemostratigraphy #morphostratigraphy #geomorphometry #geomorphology #water #hydrology #CaSSIS #HiRISE #stratigraphy #strata #MOLA #laser #LiDAR #MawrthVallis #crater #mound #profile #crosssection #geochemistry #mineralogy #CRISM #CTX #HRSC #DTM #erosion #weathering #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

Martian Memories

an 8-images mosaic captured by the Spirit rover somewhere on the top side of the Home Plate plateau. On that day, the robot was targeting an outcrop called "Texas Chili".

#Mars Sep 27, 2007 (Sol 1327)
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell

#Mars #Spirit #Sol1327 #HomePlate #plateau #Texas #Chili #TexasChili #GusevCrater #Gusev #crater #rover #SpiritRover #Martian #landscape #memories #space #science #history #STEM #astrodon #geology #outcrop

Dear Friends of #make-do,

As we know, having everything is only #possible for Billionaire #Martian children (when available). At the moment, most of the #Gaia/Earth has to do with limited #time and #resources. We therefore need:

- Eternal Life (when available) ​:blobcatstrong:​
- Columbian modified with cocaine DNA coffee (when legalised) ​:ablobcatcoffee:​
- Task jugglers 🤹‍♀️
- Help from other dimensions (as available) 🫂

Fortunately, we have many such fledging back burner projects being passed on to the Next Generation of Trekkies/#hackers Internet Elders and #Middle #Earthers. For example ​:blobcatcool:​

1. Cat #herders
2. Goat #whisperers
3. #Wimmin of the ages
4. #Godlings
5. #Sustainable #Urbanites

Personally, I am growing high class #edible #weeds. Today I am on the lookout for #nasturtiums which have edible #leaves, #flowers and climbing over #obstacles #talents, for example me.

Remember, every little helps. Be the #difference. Stay negative and #positive. We are the Arc/Ark welding. Yep, sparks from #nowhere and #everywhere ... ​:gi:​ ​:ablobcatbongokeyboard:​ 🎉

#MarsCuriosity rover’s ‘postcard’ of #MarkerBandValley.

The #Curiosity team released a beautiful new image of #Martian morning and afternoon. An artistic interpretation of the landscape unveils the enigmatic beauty of #Mars, capturing the essence of a world beyond our reach.

More information: https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9415/nasas-curiosity-captures-martian-morning-afternoon-in-new-postcard/

#SpaceMastodon #Space #AstronomyMastodon #Astrodon #Astronomy #ScienceMastodon #Science #Rovers