Sunday, 13 March 2016

NEWS

Mars mission targets Monday launch


This new written by Jonathan Amos explains the launch of Europe's mission to Mars.

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is set to launch a Proton rocket on Monday 14th. The purpose of the satellite is to control the atmosphere and detect anomalies. They have also been proposed Investigate and know the methane, which could contain microbial life. "All the preparation milestones have been achieved as per the nominal schedule," Walter Cugno from the lead European contractor, Thales Alenia Space, told BBC News.

In addition, it will take 10 hours to get to the end point. The time of stay on Mars is 3 months. Then, three days out from arrival, it will land on Mars. Its aim is to test some instruments and Engineers see as the ship lands. They will use the Schiaparelli method to land. "This technology development is very important," said Esa's director of science, Prof Alvaro Gimenez. This method has all kinds of technology. 

After landing, the TGO will spend traveling around the planet 400 km radius for one year. With this it will get a detailed report of air gas on Mars such as methane, water vapour, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide... But methane is the main focus. Most of the methane in Earth's atmosphere comes from living organisms, and it is not a ludicrous suggestion that microbes might also be driving emissions on Mars.

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Personal Opinion
It is beneficial technology will be used to important issues like this one. Looking for life out of Earth is important to our culture and it enriches our humanity because technology has to be used to make a better world.


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