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Course: NASA > Unit 3
Lesson 1: Mars: Modern exploration- Satellites 101
- GAME: Cruise to Mars
- INTERACT: Exploring orbits
- Mariner 4
- Mariner 9
- Viking mission
- Mars global surveyor
- Dry ice experiment
- Pathfinder
- Mars odyssey
- Mars express
- Martian methane
- Spirit & Opportunity
- Mars reconnaissance orbiter
- Modern discoveries
- INTERACT: Features of Mars
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Mars global surveyor
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- Why do some parts of mars look like they had rivers ?(3 votes)
- No one's sure,buddy.There may have been water on mars(4 votes)
- Is frost able to provide life with its water needs?(3 votes)
- I think that there is life on mars but underground(1 vote)
- How many volcanoes are there on mars(3 votes)
- Pay no attention to Anjuwel's answer. It is extremely inaccurate. Are less than 20 named volcanoes on Mars, and 5 of these are giant shields. Also, volcanism occurs mostly within three regions. Even the mare-like plains cluster near these regions. The main cluster of volcanoes and lavas is in Tharsis.(3 votes)
- What effects does a lack in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere mean for potential human settlement on mare in the future?
At what rate does the CO2 fade away and where does it go?(3 votes) - What causes the formation of spiral clouds on Mars?(3 votes)
- yuoe know we might live on mars one day because the goldilocks zone is moving away(2 votes)
- Would mars be able to create life is humans did nothing?(2 votes)
- is mars a place of were people can live if the earth is about to explode or end(2 votes)
- Well I don't think we can live on it because when it is day light, it is extremely hot and when it is night time is below freeze however people are trying to get people to go to mars and figure out a way for people to live on there but there is no way yet. I hope this helps.(1 vote)
- How do you volunteer to go to mars?(1 vote)
- NASA takes applications for astronauts periodically. Many astronauts were previously Air Force jet pilots.(2 votes)
- What is the significance of Mars losing carbon dioxide?(1 vote)
- A reduction in greenhouse gasses would result in a reduction of Mars' temperature. Not only that, but a slow change in Mars' atmosphere could indicate a relatively recent geologic catastrophe.(2 votes)