Mars Curiosity
Mars Curiosity and Sky cranes
96% of space is undiscovered, NASA has only been able to discover the small 4% of the galaxy that we can see from our atmosphere. There is lots to explore out there in space and in the whole universe. If you are wondering what NASA is doing to expand our knowledge of the galaxy that we live in, read on to find out interesting details and information.
Engineers at NASA have designed a curiosity rover it is about the size of a small SUV, weighs approximately 2,000 pounds, and takes pictures of rocks and other things within a 7 foot distance. It took $2.5 billion to create this spacecraft.
The curiosity rover was launched into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida on November 26th, 2011. It successfully landed on August 6th, 2012. NASA had to take many precautions to make sure the curiosity rover would safely land on Mars. If it were to get destroyed or if things didn’t go as planned, we might not know what anything looks like on Mars or have any idea of what its like on that planet. They had to make sure they would be able to launch it far enough. They also had to have a parachute and rockets attached so it would …show more content…
If Earth were to become too hazardous to human kind, Mars would be our backup planet. Just think about it. If people could live on Mars there would be more space for our population, Earth is overpopulated and crowded anyways, with everyone having kids, and our population is greatly increasing more and more. Besides, Think about it, how cool would it be to live on mars? What if aliens did exist and we had an opportunity to see one with our own eyes? They could exist and be mean scary aliens that shoot lasers out of their eyes that penetrate your skin, or they could be sweet, nice, interesting aliens. Then again we don’t know if they exist or not. Getting to experience what life is like on Mars would be pretty neat if you ask
96% of space is undiscovered, NASA has only been able to discover the small 4% of the galaxy that we can see from our atmosphere. There is lots to explore out there in space and in the whole universe. If you are wondering what NASA is doing to expand our knowledge of the galaxy that we live in, read on to find out interesting details and information.
Engineers at NASA have designed a curiosity rover it is about the size of a small SUV, weighs approximately 2,000 pounds, and takes pictures of rocks and other things within a 7 foot distance. It took $2.5 billion to create this spacecraft.
The curiosity rover was launched into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida on November 26th, 2011. It successfully landed on August 6th, 2012. NASA had to take many precautions to make sure the curiosity rover would safely land on Mars. If it were to get destroyed or if things didn’t go as planned, we might not know what anything looks like on Mars or have any idea of what its like on that planet. They had to make sure they would be able to launch it far enough. They also had to have a parachute and rockets attached so it would …show more content…
If Earth were to become too hazardous to human kind, Mars would be our backup planet. Just think about it. If people could live on Mars there would be more space for our population, Earth is overpopulated and crowded anyways, with everyone having kids, and our population is greatly increasing more and more. Besides, Think about it, how cool would it be to live on mars? What if aliens did exist and we had an opportunity to see one with our own eyes? They could exist and be mean scary aliens that shoot lasers out of their eyes that penetrate your skin, or they could be sweet, nice, interesting aliens. Then again we don’t know if they exist or not. Getting to experience what life is like on Mars would be pretty neat if you ask