Mars Facts 5
42) What companies did Elon Musk start, and make millions from, in order to afford his own rocket company- SpaceX?
Elon Musk founded Zip2, making 22 million and leaving 10 million to create X.com, which would eventually become PayPal. Using the money he earned from those two companies, he funded SpaceX and it's rockets.
49) What is the name of the most powerful operational rocket in the world?
Falcon Heavy is the most powerful operational rocket in the world. Manufactured by SpaceX, it can lift nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb), twice the amount of the second most powerful rocket. It can generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.
50) Who is Blue Origin's founder and where are they focusing their current space missions. *Hint- Amazon
Jeff Bezos is the founder and they are focusing mostly on making sure their rocket designs work for the future of space travel. He founded it on September 8th, 2000. Its headquarters is located in Kent, Washington.
44) What does the Mars Flag look like?
Mars does not actually have an official flag. However, many people who want to colonize Mars in the future have already started designing flags. The most popular/well-known flag was designed by Pascal Lee. Lee was a planetary, NASA, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist during 1998. His flag consisted of three vertical blocks of color. The color red represented Mars, and the colors green and blue represented Mars becoming a planet similar to Earth. Officially, green represents the exploration of Mars and blue represents Mars's transformation into a planet similar to Earth. The flag has been used since 1998. (P.S. There is an Outer Space Treaty saying that no country can claim a planet or other celestial body for themselves {over 100 participants in treaty})
Where does NASA's Dragonfly Mission, launching in 2026, eventually intend to land?
NASA's Dragonfly Mission, launching in 2026, eventually intends to land on Titan. The trip will take about eight years, meaning that they hope to land in 2034. NASA wants to know if life can be sustained on Titan. Titan is Saturn's largest moon and the solar system's second largest moon. It's atmosphere is four times denser than Earth's and is mainly nitrogen. The moon is very icy, but it is the only other celestial body besides Earth that appears to have liquid on its surface. NASA wants to know if this means that Titan can be a future home for humans. (Titan is 404/1,000 compared to Earth)
47) What three Mars missions are planning to take off for Mars in July 2020? *Hint- NASA, UAE, and China.
The Hope - UAE Tianwen-1 - China Mars Perseverance Rover (Trailblazing Helicopter) - NASA
45) What is the Mars society?
The Mars society is an America non-profit that promotes the exploration and colonization of Mars. It is a world-wide group and is run by volunteers. Its headquarters is in Lakewood Colorado. It was founded on August 13th, 1998 by Robert Zubrin. The goal of the society is to influence others to be interested in exploring Mars and to want to continue to find discoveries that would help in the future colonization of Mars.
41) What is the destination of Space X's first manned space mission and when is liftoff scheduled for, on launchpad 39A at Cape Canaveral?
The destination of Space X's first manned space mission is the International Space Station. The liftoff on launchpad 39A at Cape Canaveral took place on May 27th of 2020. The men taking part in this trip are Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken. They are NASA astronauts.
48) What is the name of the current rover that is operating on our moon?
The lander Chang'e 4 carried Yutu 4, the current rover that is operating on the far side of the moon. Created by China, the rover landed on January 3rd, 2019 and is still continuing to operate.
46) What is the name of the helicopter, that is packaged with Perseverance, that will be used on Mars?
The name of the helicopter that is packaged with Perseverance that will be used on Mars is Trailblazing. The helicopter, weighing in at 4 pounds, is going to be the first rotorcraft to fly on another planet. The helicopter will not collect any data, but it will deploy the Perseverance rover. It is planned to be deployed in May 2021. Once deployed, it will go through a few test short flights. These flights will take about 30 days. The helicopter is also solar-powered so it won't need to be refueled. Perseverance's goals are to find signs of life that could have possibly been on Mars and to collect samples. The Trailblazing helicopter was attached to the rover on April 6th and they will be launched around July 17th.
What is the name of the rover that ExoMars plans to put on Mars in 2022?
The name of the rover that ExoMars plans to put on Mars in 2022 is Rosalind Franklin. It is going to be launched in a proton rocket with a Russian surface platform named Kazachok. The total length of their journey will be nine months. The goal of the mission is to find signs of life that could have been on Mars. The rover will do this by collecting samples from Mars. The name Rosalind Franklin comes from the scientist Rosalind Franklin, who was important in discoveries regarding viruses, graphite, coal, RNA, and DNA.
43) What private space company that Bas Lansdorp and Arno Wielders founded, is conducting interviews to select candidates to colonize Mars?
The private space company that Bas Lansdorp and Arno Wielders founds is called Mars One. It was founded in 2011 and eventually dissolved on January 15th, 2019. It was based in the Netherlands and its main goal was to colonize Mars. While it was running, it conducted interviews to select candidates to colonize Mars and was planned to make its first manned mission to Mars in 2023. They were going to collect revenue for the trip (costing $6 billion one way) by broadcasting a show that would show people the process of finding astronauts for the mission and then their journey while being on Mars. When they were still interviewing astronauts, only 100 out of 202,586 made it to the third round. During the third round, they would have to demonstrate how they would work with a team on Mars.
