What recent Mars missions are revealing about the search for life
In short: In February 2021, three distinct spacecraft reached the Red Planet. This lecture examines the early findings from these missions and explores whether we might finally answer if we are alone in the universe.
Andrew Coates explores the data emerging from NASA's Perseverance, China's Tianwen-1, and the UAE's Hope mission, focusing on Martian weather, water, and the potential for life. The discussion also considers the future of the ESA-Russia Rosalind Franklin rover, which was scheduled for launch next year to arrive on 10 June 2023.
The lecture places these modern discoveries within the context of a long-standing scientific inquiry into our place in the cosmos.
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