“Mars rover Curiosity reaches key destination; 'new science
ahead!'”
By: Suzanne Presto
Source: CNN
NASA's Mars rover named Curiosity
finally reached its destination, the center of a Martian mountain in the middle
of a deep crater. This mountain has been named Mt. Sharp. The mountain’s layers
are basically records of the different stages in the environmental development
of Mars. Curiosity’s main mission objective was to determine whether the
Martian environment could have been livable to microorganisms. Apparently
Curiosity was able to find evidence on the crater’s floor that a lake bed was
present there billions of years ago which offered fresh water, the vital
ingredients for life and a basis of energy for the microbes. This amazing
discovery was not easy to find. There were many obstacles and challenges in
Curiosity’s way such as sharp rocks that could have punctured the rover’s
wheels. It has now been two years since Curiosity first landed on Mars. It set
off in November 2011 and landed roughly nine months later. Now the rover must
collect samples from Mt. Sharp in order for NASA to examine them but some of
them are shifting, for example the rock called “Bonanza King”, so the rover had
to stop at least four more times.
The citizens should be informed
because this information would raise the peoples’ curiosity about other living
things out in space. They would realize that with this discovery scientists at
NASA would soon be to enhance our technology in order to fully explore Mars
without any difficulties. This could also mean that there are other living
organisms living or were living on Mars.
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