November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...rover’s wheels are 50 cm in diameter and about 40 cm wide. International perspective Using data from radiation detectors carried by Curiosity, scientists have estimated the instance of cancer could increase by five per cent, which is higher than NASA...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... exploration missions Successful robotic systems currently operating on the surface of Mars, such as the Mars Science Laboratory ‘Curiosity’ and the ‘Opportunity’ Mars Exploration Rover, were provided with locomotion systems all designed based on the...
June 2018
Publish or perish: the astronomer’s dilemma
...and performance. The notion of truth and the quest to push knowledge forward both result from astronomers’ curiosity to understand the universe In order to compare this evaluation with astronomers’ intrinsic motivation and values, I investigated what...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... Apollo or the wings of the space shuttle. In 2012, the Curiosity rover’s “Seven Minutes of Terror” to the Martian surface, which ... them safely back to the surface of Earth. The Curiosity rover has an instrument called RAD, which measured radiation...
March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
...,” he states. “But the example of Rosetta demonstrates that the public likes to see risky activities, which shows curiosity as one of humanity’s strongest drivers. “To be risk adverse is not the right thing for the future,” he states. “So we need...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... Egg Rock detail from a photograph by NASA’s Curiosity rover, October 2016. Iron-nickel meteorite. [10] ... Encounter: Analysis of an Iron-Nickel Meteorite Found in Gale Crater by Curiosity. 11 Handbook, A. S. M. (2008). Volume 15 Casting. Materials ...
