Ruimtekolonisatie

De NASA blijft via de Phoenixwebsite mooie plaatjes en multimedia met ons delen. Zoals dit kaartje van de onmiddelijke omgeving van de Phoenix - het werkterrein.

De Planetary Society geeft een leuke toelichting op de topografische namen, die ik hier citeer:

The mission has chosen the theme of folktales and fantasy for names for the features in the workspace, and they anticipate using 100 to 200 such names over the course of the mission. The sizes of the named rocks are: King's Men: 21 cm (8.5 in) King's Horses: 14 cm (5.4 in) Headless: 13 cm (5.2 in) An as-yet-unnamed rock to the left, that appears to have scooted across the ground (probably as a result of the blast of the landing rockets), is 12 cm (4.8 in) across. The area to the right of the purple line, called "National Park," will be left undisturbed until the science team has thoroughly mapped out the intended use of every patch of soil. The area to the left of the National Park will be where they touch soil first and test out the digging.

Vanwege de Big Picture hieronder een overzicht van alle Mars Landingen tot nu toe: