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ExoLance: kraudfandingovy project to find life on Mars under the surface of the planet from NASA veterans
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«Dart" with the transport ship is sent to Mars and stuck in his face. Next comes into operation automatically in the cabinet laboratory, data on the results of the study are transmitted to the satellite. I>
Is there life on Mars? This question was first asked scientists for many decades ago. Despite the fact that now the answer is trying to find many, the search is conducted using such high-tech robots as Curiosity, neither "yes" nor "no" while it is impossible to say.
Life could exist before, when liquid water existed on the surface of the Red Planet. But now signs of life on the surface is not, and under the surface, no one looked, except Curiosity, drill several relatively shallow wells. Some NASA scientists believe that the search for life on the surface of anhydrous active irradiated Sun failed.
Life need to look beneath the surface, probably at a depth of several meters. To prove his point, a team of scientists, which includes some veteran NASA, decided to create a new project, ExoLance .
project provides "shelling" of Mars probes, whose shape is very similar to the shape of a dart for game in a darts. Such a dart on a plan, should stick to a few meters in the soil of Mars (about 2 meters), and explore the soil at depth. Then, after an analysis conducted by the automatic laboratory results will be transmitted to an orbiting satellite that will transmit the data already on the ground.
"Darts» ExoLance planned to stick in a few places of Mars. Unfortunately, the system is not yet verified, and to test it in the field means we need money. And these scientists collect funds on Indiegogo. In case of successful fundraising, the test system is planned to test in the desert of New Mexico, the terms of which are close to Mars (of course, everything is relative).
Pssst, Mars, life is? And if we find? I>
Via Popular Science
Source: habrahabr.ru/post/233835/
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