Mars has fascinated humanity since Galileo Galilei precisely noticed it greater than 400 years in the past. Now we’re attending to the purpose of attempting to land spaceships on the planet, which is the said aim of President Donald Trump and his advisor, Elon Musk.
Earlier than any human-occupied ship makes that trek of as much as 140 million miles, the U.S. has to determine how protected it will likely be and what it is perhaps like for anybody who steps foot on the planet’s floor. NASA’s Perseverance rover landed there in 2021.
UNLV geoscience Professor Libby Hausrath is part of the Perseverance mission, analyzing findings of 28 samples recovered by the rover. By the late 2030s, the mission will finish with the evaluation of 43 samples.
Visitor: Libby Hausrath, aqueous geochemist, astrobiologist, and professor, UNLV
