Mars Video, map and notes
Hanksville, Utah
Mars Desert Research Station- used for practicing using a spacesuit
How long did its warm age last?
over a billion years
finally what would make the atmosphere breathable on mars
plants
Concordia Station, Antartica
Mars like quality- severe cold
Kilauea, Hawaii
Mars like quality: Ash-soil texture Used for: trip duration isolation
Areography
the study and mapping of the geography of mars
Svalbard Island, Norway
they have extreme microbial life
Why does watney try to burn hydrogen and oxygen
to make water
what is "terraforming" mars
to transform into a habitable place
Key Largo, Florida (Aquarius Undersea Lab)
Nasa Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) Used for: reduced gravity simulation
At the mars desert research station in Utah, crews up to 6 people at a time will live for how long here
up to 48 days
Death Valley, CA
used for operating a rover
McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antartica
used for: inflatable Habitat
Where else has the mars society built other research stations
Northern Canada and Iceland
Reunion Island
Piton Volcano, used for working in a volcanic landscape
Atacama Desert, Chile
Severe Aridity
What is a full day on mars referred to as
Sol=2 days on earth
What 2 kinds of radiation must astronauts contend with in space?
Solar flares and cosmic rays
According to Chris McKay, what should we do for other planets in our solar system?
Spread life
How long does a mars year last
about 2 Earth years
Viking Landers
landed in 1976 - no longer operating
Path finder lander and sojoyner rover
landed in 1997- no longer operating
spirit rover
landed in 2004- no longer operating
opportunity rover
landed in 2004- stopped operating in 2018
Pheonix lander
landed in 2008- no longer operating
curiosity rover
landed in 2012- still going
Insight lander
landed in 2018- still drilling
Perserverance Rover
landed in 2021- still going
What is the communication lag time between mars and earth
32 minutes
its largest canyon is how many times deeper than our Grand Canyon
3x deeper
How long is the trip to reach mars
6 months
What is Mars' average temperature?
80 below 0
What is the name of the mission site
Ares III
Darien Jungle, Panama
Astronaut Jungle Surviving School- mental and physical stress simulation
How long is mars' day
24 hours and 37 minutes
How does Mars gravity compare to Earth?
1/3 of Earth's gravity
How soon does Chris McKay think we can warm up mars (if you trap 10% of all photons)?
100 years
The amount of air on Mars is how many times less than on Earth?
100x less
When is the likelihood NASA will place a man on mars?
2025
When does NASA plan to make return trips to the moon, and work on establishing a base there?
2035
Devon Island, Canada
Used for the: Haughton impact crater Mars like quality=Surface terrain
About 2 billion years ago, what was mars like?
Warm, wetter and very similar to earth
Do we have a vehicle planned to protect future Mars travelers from solar flares?
Yes, it is like a storm shelter
One idea is to create greenhouse gasses to trap heat, which would cause what to release from the martian soil?
carbon dioxide
If one of the Apollo flights had encountered a solar flare, how much "radiation dose" would they have gotten hit with?
entire lifetime of radiation dose
What would happen if you exposed a glass of liquid water to Mars atmosphere?
it would boil bc of the lack of air pressure
Where are its "oceans of water" right now?
frozen into the soil
What must we do to officially colonize a new place
grow crops
How does mars size compare to earth
half the size of earth
what type of fertilizer does astronaut Watney use to grow potatoes in mars soil
human waste
what evidence of water do we see on mars
river valleys, deltas
As Mars warms up, what 2 things would appear on the mars surface?
water, rainclouds, plants
Eventually, will it be possible to grow crops on Mars?
yes
The second type of radiation- cosmic rays- Can it be avoided with shielding?
yes, but it needs many meters of shielding