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Patricia Craig, Ph.D. Planetary Science Palooza LPSC 2017
Mars: Are we there yet? Patricia Craig, Ph.D. Planetary Science Palooza LPSC 2017
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Early Exploration Tycho Brahe, 1583 Galileo, 1610
Varying Earth-Mars distance Galileo, 1610 Not perfect sphere Christian Huygens, 1659 24-hr rotation period Giovanni Schiaparelli, Percival Lowell Canals
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“Less Early” Exploration
First attempted robotic missions: 1960s First fly-by 1965: Mariner 4 Returned 21 images First lander 1971: Mars 3 Soviet mission Returned 20 seconds of data First rover 1997: Sojourner Feasibility demonstration Two of every three missions to Mars has FAILED
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Mars Rover Family Portrait
Spirit and Opportunity Curiosity Sojourner
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Spirit and Opportunity
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Phoenix Polar Lander
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Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity
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Climbing Mt. Sharp
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Gale Crater → Gale Lake
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Mars2020 Proposed Landing Sites
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Mars Sample Return
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