Earth Sciences 1086F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Valley Network, Martian Soil, Tharsis
19 Dec 2017
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Always of interest because it was thought for a long time that life might exist there: first good effort was done by g. v schiaparelli in 1977. He drew artificial lines in the desert regions, calling them canali (channels) which brought the idea of the canals of mars , which could not be seen but most drew them anyway. By halloween 1938, people were so familiar with life on mars that they were ready to believe that earth had been invaded. Now we know that the canals are not real. Has many earth-like features, including an atmosphere with clouds and ice deposits at its poles, called polar caps . Functioning spacecraft currently orbiting mars: mars reconnaissance orbiter (2005, usa, mars express (2003, europe, mars odyssey (2001, usa, maven (2013, usa, mars orbiter mission (mom)/mangalyaan (2013, india) Functioning spacecraft"s currently on mars surface: mars curiosity (2011, usa) Launched nov 26, 2011 and landed on aeolis palus crate or mars on aug 6,
