Mars – what is our future on the Red Planet.?
Credit: ESA/D. O’Donnell – CC BY-SA IGO

The Planetary Society has announced a new paper on NASA’s Mars exploration program.

Not all is well with the future of Mars exploration, suggests the paper. “NASA’s robotic Mars Exploration Program is on a troubling path of decline…and decisions must be made now in order to stop it.”

This new report from The Planetary Society is titled: Mars in Retrograde: A Pathway to Restoring NASA’s Mars Exploration Program.

Among recommendations for NASA, the paper suggests:

— NASA should immediately commit to a Mars telecommunications and high-resolution imaging orbiter to replace rapidly aging assets currently at Mars.

— NASA should begin formulation of a sample retrieval rover and Mars Ascent Vehicle mission to continue the overall Mars Sample Return campaign.

To view the paper, go to:

http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pdfs/advocacy/2017/Mars-in-Retrograde—The-Planetary-Society—2017.pdf

One Response to “Report: NASA’s Mars Program – “Troubling Path of Decline””

  • Luiza says:

    This discovery, which was recently made, only comes to bear on what I have been saying for a long time.

    However skeptics have difficulty accepting this reality.

    I stress this theme again because what was discovered and documented in the photo, only proves that something produced this hole in the Martian soil, and from what can be perceived, it is of a non-human precision, which proves that what I have mentioned Is realistic.

    If we look at the recent images of Rouver Curiosity, we can see the presence of Gray Rocks, which may mean that we are in the presence of Basalt.

    I enlarged these photos 1000 times, to better analyze and perceive its structure.

    I do not think I’m mistaken in the possible composition of the Rocks but in fact I have another opinion.

    I think we are in the presence of MINERALS, such as Limestone Phosphorus, Basalt, or even Iron and Copper, anything is possible. Including MICRO ORGANISMS that at first sight are not noticeable, but they are present of this I am absolutely sure.

    I would like to point out another aspect that I consider to be absolutely credible, because of the rocky sediments,
    Which were found at certain sites on the Martian surface, clearly show the evidence that water existed on Mars, these marks show that there was a lot of Lagos or Oceans water, anything is possible so I think we should face this very realistically because WATER is present throughout the universe in various forms.

    I believe that this Planet in a distant past, not far away was a World with an environment very similar to Earth, I believe a lot in this, and I must not be wrong in my thinking, because this fact obeys the evolution of the Solar System over millions of years .

    The existence of dry ice in the poles of Mars is a clear evidence of this fact, as can be seen in several photos collected by Cassini and Curiosyty in which we can see that these facts are very demonstrative, which proves that on Mars existed Or there is Water, but in various forms, one of them is in the form of dry ice.

    Researchers are stubborn to think of hypotheses, wanting not to accept that Mars had water in its recent past.

    I’m always biting on this issue until the time comes when evidence will come in this direction, then everyone will start giving me reason for my thinking.

    The Presence of water in the Martian soil to a considerable depth, is a hypothesis to be considered very seriously, I will not give up hitting this point.
    Presence of water on Mars, it shows that this Planet in a Past / Present was habitable as it is on Earth today, because water is present everywhere in the Universe in very diversified forms.

    In an earlier research that was done, Scientists have hypothesized that there is water in the Martian basement I consider this absolutely possible.
    Never forget that the Earth is never unique Planet that contains water, there are many more Planets or Moons of our Solar System that has presence of water, this is an issue that should never be denied or excluded, being accepted as a reality, to be seen With seriousness.

    It is important, of course, that we have a very thorough knowledge of the Martian Climate, so that we can have the perception of its geological past.

    However it has 2 aspects not to be despised, because they are crucial in understanding the Mars Atmosphere.

    Studying the Climate of Mars will allow us to understand its past Climate, will help us understand the Earth’s own Climate.

    It is important that we have a very deep knowledge of the Martian Climate, only so we can have the perception of its Geological past.

    I believe that Mars can be a geologically active planet, having its seasonal seasons, as demonstrated in recent research, where it can be seen that this geological and geophysical activity is present not only on the surface, but there may be an intense activity in the subsoil, Which is not noticeable by photos, but if something similar to a Seismograph is used, the presence of Seismic and Volcanic activity may be perceived.

    It is important that this hypothesis is considered, by the Investigators, because it can be present, even if it is minimal.

    The presence of water on Mars must be seen as a possible reality because WATER is present in our entire universe in various forms.

    This is a very personal opinion, so I’d like you to express what you think about my opinion.

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