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Questions about the science or exploration of the planet Mars. See the tag wiki for related tags.
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How accurate is the following claim about NASA, from the movie Martian?
Teddy, Director of NASA and Vincent Kapoor has the following discussion about getting satellites above Ares 3 landing site.
TEDDY: We’re a public domain organization. We have to be transparent ab …
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Is it appropriate to use the term "geology" for Martian studies?
Jargons like geology, geophysics, geothermal has its origin in and has strong connections with Earth.
Other jargons like the closet point and farthest point of an orbit to a heavenly body get specifi …
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How Ingenuity ensures it does not fly away from the range of connection from Perseverance?
There must be a range after which Ingenuity cannot communicate with Perseverance. I am not sure what that distance is. How Ingenuity ensures it does not fly away out of that distance? If inadvertently …
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How feasible is wind energy generation on Mars? [duplicate]
Given the reduced atmospheric pressure and density on Mars, how feasible is wind power generation? Has it been attempted earlier or are there any future missions to test it? …
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How will InSight's RISE antennas end up pointed in the right direction?
In this paper The Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment on the InSight Mission to Mars (Folkner, W.M., Dehant, V., Le Maistre, S. et al. …
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What are the tradeoffs of circularly unfurling solar panel over linearly deploying solar pan...
Martian landers like Phoenix and Insight uses circularly unfurling solar panels. The regular satellites make use of linearly unfurling panels.
What are the primary reasons why linear unfurling panel …
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Is the payload HP3, onboard the InSight a single use instrument?
InSight's HP3 probe is meant to drill deep into Martian soil. And the depth of reach is determined by whether there is a rocky layer underneath or not. If it's loose soil all the way down, merrier it …
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Why are the heat sensor probes in HP3 probe spaced with reducing gap with depth?
The HP3 probe used for studying the geothermal features of Martian surface, hammers upto 5m deep and inserts a tether lined with heat sensor probes.
This link shared earlier by @uhoh, is an excellen …
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Would a Martian landing and take off require a flame trench/deflector?
How will the launch site in Mars look like? …
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How would Ingenuity handle Martian Storm and dust devils?
How would the winds of the Martian storms affect the Mars Helicopter, especially while resting on the ground? …
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Why was it necessary to program InSight with an ability to land in dust storms?
If the entire event of EDL (Entry - Descent - Landing) is going to take only 7 minutes and if the command to begin could be signalled based on ground weather conditions, why was it necessary to take t …
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Why does the SEIS require a bellows type wind cover?
The Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure probe onboard the Insight lander is meant to measure subtle seismic events on Martian surface.
In order to reduce the noise induced by wind, a protective …
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