Why Does the Red Planet Call to Us?
What space exploration tells us about human curiosity, from Eden to Mars.
Douglas Estes
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Blue
is the color of Mars at sunset. From the surface, the cold, dim light
of the setting sun comes in from the horizon as it competes with the
ever-present dust, thick in the air. The plains of graveled hematite
that were once shades of ochre and umber by day are now jet and onyx.
In
the darkness, Mars may seem to be a dead planet. But in Gale Crater,
there is human movement, as NASA’s Curiosity rover slowly treks its way
up the shoulder of Mount Sharp.
Mars is not the dying planet sprung from ...
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Thursday, October 11, 2018
Why Does the Red Planet Call to Us?
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