Mars Curiosity Rover Mission
The Mars Science Laboratory mission is a part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. It uses a rover name “Curiosity” in a long-term effort to explore the red planet using only robotics. The rover was specifically designed to assess if Mar’s environment was ever capable of supporting small life forms known as microbes.
Mars Science Laboratory will study Mars' habitability
To work this out Curiosity carries the largest and most advanced arsenal of instruments ever sent to the martian surface of Mars. The record of the planet’s climate and geology is practically “written in the rocks and soil” Also in their structure, formation and chemical composition. Samples of soil will be analyzed by the rover and the onboard laboratory will study the collected rocks, soils and the local
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Power: To provide more efficient and increased electricity to the spacecraft and its subsystems.
DSN Telecommunications: To send commands and receive data faster and in greater amounts.
Software Engineering: To provide the computing and commands necessary to operate the spacecraft and its subsystems. Entry, Descent, and Landing: To ensure precise and safe landings.
Autonomous Planetary Mobility: To enable the rover to make decisions and avoid hazards on its own.
Technologies for Severe Environments: To make onboard systems robust enough to handle extreme conditions in space as well as on Mars.
Planetary Protection Technologies: To clean and sterilize the spacecraft for handling soil, rock, and atmospheric samples.
Instruments
Remote Science Instrumentation: To collect data from orbit.
In-situ Instrumentation: To collect data from the surface.
Discoveries
Curiosity found that ancient Mars in fact did have the right chemistry to support living microbes. The rover also found sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon. Which are necessary ingredients for supporting
On Earth, the most widespread advanced robot computers run by remote. With no purpose for a self-sustaining robot to patrol the planet, only a small amount of money for engineers and inventors to improve these robots circulates the economy. When dealing with other planets, self-sustaining rovers come in really handy. The latest Mars Rover, Curiosity, currently carries out its mission to sample Martian soil. The rover’s mast stands at just over seven feet tall, with the body at about half the height. The equipment on Curiosity equals the same as an entire geological laboratory, compacted into the size of a car. Thanks to NASA’s efforts to minimize geological instruments to fit the dimensions, geologists now benefit f...
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Abstract: How do different minerals found on other planets, affect the growth of bacteria. In this experiment, I will study the effect that extraterrestrial minerals have on the growth of E. Coli bacteria. To do this, I will prepare growth media for E. Coli, supplemented with increasing concentrations of minerals and chemical compounds found on the surface of the Moon, Mars and Vesta. Bacteria will be grown in liquid media or on petri dishes and their growth will be determined by the density of E. Coli in liquid media or by the number and size of colonies of E. Coli in petri dishes.
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While just traveling to Mars is a difficult task, landing on the planet has proved to be next to impossible, with only a small fraction of the attempted landings ending in success. Over the years there have been several different designs of Martian landers that have attempted to slip past the proverbial “galactic ghoul” protecting the planet Mars. However, few of these designs have fared successful at landing smoothly. These technologies have ranged from the original Viking using aero braking and rocket power, to the Mars Pathfinder mission’s novel air bag solution. In order to gain insight into the surface of the red planet, landing is a must. Thus, the potential solutions and their benefits and drawbacks must be examined.
When cruise lander separates from cruise stage, then these microprobes would be released and have powered up themselves from lithium batteries. Probes were in aeroshell, which upon falling on the surface would be destroyed by the impact and probes would be released to surface almost 60 miles away from the Lander’s site. Then probes would be separated into two parts, one will remain on surface and other will be penetrate into the surface by as much as meter. These were connected by cable. The purpose of penetrator was to collect soil samples and heat them up to detect water vapor and measure soil conductivity.
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The water contained under the soil has had some various effects on the Mars terrain. When the robots were on mars collecting samples, they found some rocks that looked like rocks from prehistoric life here on earth. When analyzing these samples, the scientists deemed that the water was very acidic and salty. This is similar to some of the earlier times in the Australian area.
In Aphra Behn's “The Rover,” characters define relationships as a type of economy where value and use are key. This time period commodified love and sexuality, valuing financial success over meaningful relationships. The dowry system made rich women with a high status most desirable for marriage and their value was increased by their honor. Typical of seventeenth century literature, Behn plays with this ideology as “the language of love in Restoration comedies frequently draws on the language of commerce.”1 She expresses her beliefs on the “'interest,' 'credit,' and 'value'”2 associated with love and sexuality through the different prices placed on her characters. Where Behn differs from other seventeenth century writers is that she does not give in to the “world dominated by male writers working in specifically misogynistic forms.”3 She gives women the authority within this economy. Instead of having very little power in their relationships with men, Behn allows women to be dominant. They can create their own value and control the amount of access men have to them. Characters such as Moretta and Angellica Bianca are not forced into submission by their desire for marriage, they “ignore[s] patriarchal structure and exhibit[s] no remorse.”4 They force men into submission through their manipulation of the economy of love and sexuality. Aphra Behn's characterization of Moretta and Angellica Bianca using the language of commerce gives them authority that other woman did not have access to.
When one pictures the literary and theatrical world of 17th century England, it is hard to believe that a woman as extraordinary and seditious as Aphra Behn was able to write and publish such revolutionary plays at the capacity she achieved. Having already seen six of her plays produced for stage, she was something of an “anomalous figure” in the theatrical community (Behn 14). However, the first known edition of her Restoration comedy “The Rover” was published anonymously with reference to the author as male in the prologue. One can speculate that due to the bawdy nature of “The Rover” Behn felt it was safer to publish anonymously considering the themes explored in the play. Anne Russell
With a field as large as space is, metaphorically and literally, there is no end to all the advantages that can come of exploring the magnificent cosmos. One of the major questions we face currently is the possibility of life on other planets. “NASA's biggest ambition is the hunt for life and a habitat that can support life. Several planned or prepared missions will specifically explore the question of whether or not life exists, or once existed, elsewhere in out solar system” (Folger 3). That's exactly what we plan on using the Curiosity rover for. The MSL (Mars Space Laboratory) Curiosity rover was launched November 26th, 2011 and landed on Mars on August 6th, 2012 (Launch 2). “MSL Curiosity's mission is to analyze the climate, geology, and habitability of Mars to see if there is or has ever been life on Mars. Then, after gathering enough data, it will see if it's feasible to send a manned mission to Mars” (Anthony 2). We are already searching ...
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