More on Mars
Jun. 3rd, 2003 05:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plutherusThe Beagle is away!
And, I'd almost forgotten that Japan launched a Mars probe (not a lander, it will study the atmosphere) five years ago. Depite several early failures it is still on its way to Mars. It had a problem after launch that required most of its fuel to fix. So they calculated a new trajectory for it that it could do with the remaining fuel and sent it to Mars the long way. It's currently due to get there early next year.
That means there will be four probes arriving at Mars by the end of January, 2004. Three of them are specifically looking for signs of life. Assuming it takes three months to process the data, we could know if there is, or ever was, life on Mars by my next birthday.
And, I'd almost forgotten that Japan launched a Mars probe (not a lander, it will study the atmosphere) five years ago. Depite several early failures it is still on its way to Mars. It had a problem after launch that required most of its fuel to fix. So they calculated a new trajectory for it that it could do with the remaining fuel and sent it to Mars the long way. It's currently due to get there early next year.
That means there will be four probes arriving at Mars by the end of January, 2004. Three of them are specifically looking for signs of life. Assuming it takes three months to process the data, we could know if there is, or ever was, life on Mars by my next birthday.
