Ep 327: The Martian robotic invasion
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The Martian robotic invasion
As of yet, no humans have made it to Mars. However, many of our spacecraft, landers and rovers have. Join us as we take a little look at a few missions, and a large look at what we’ve learned about our neighbor, the red planet.
Here’s NASA’s site on exploring Mars.
NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
Here are a couple of articles about the Martian polar ice caps.
Mystery at Mars’s Pole Explained
And here are a couple of articles about the InSight mission, sent to map out the interior of Mars by measuring Mars quakes.
NASA’s InSight Reveals the Deep Interior of Mars
NASA’s InSight Finds Three Big Marsquakes, Thanks to Solar-Panel Dusting