Mars Science Laboratory

Did Mars once have an environment capable of supporting life? NASA's next rover will further unravel that mystery.

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Science & Technology

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• Mars
• red
• planet
• rovers
• life
• solar
• system
• space
• universe
• science
• search
• for
• water

[MsBobBlob]

QUESTION: Is it really necessary to put a Nuclear Reactor on Mars? No Nuclear Power use (like heroine) is the only way to be 100% sure that you won't kill or seriously deform anyone. Yes, Spirit and Opportunity may have taken a bit longer than you wanted, but hang on. As soon as GOLD, PLATINUM, and MARTIAN DIAMONDS are discovered, you'll be paid to travel to Mars, and paid to not! Either way, it's win-win for you.

[2013andBeyonD]

Most of earth is blue though, that's why it looks like blue from a great distance.

80% of our planet exists out of water. But ever seen blue soil? Blue grass? Blue trees? Blue forests? The only thing thats blue is the H20 reflecting the sunlight in our atmosphere and from our oceans. Funny, because Ive seen amateur astronomers pictures from Mars, strong close ups, good quality, that did NOT came from NASA and NOTHING was red, its all light-brown soil just like earths deserts.

[1337Horde]

Most of earth is blue though, that's why it looks like blue from a great distance. When you get close you can see a little of it is also green, yellow and orange. Mars is pretty much all red and looks red when you get close to it too.

[yottaparsec]

Land something in Valles Marineris, please! :'(

[2013andBeyonD]

Would you do me a favor? Google for the craft that contained and landed the mars Rover while it was still on earth and when it was landed on Mars. Look closely to the colors from craft. On Mars, the golden fires are red, the blue labels from NASA are red/black, the white craft is red. You know why? JPL inserts a techno red layer over all pictures. Not to play with our heads but the values to determine a true color picture are still tuned to the Viking Lander values.

[2013andBeyonD]

So if youre on Mars and look through a telescope youll see that earth is blue. Is EVERYTHING blue on earth? No. Is EVERTHING red on Mars, just because Mars looks red? No.

[lolerdongs]

Or you can buy a telescope, find mars and see that it is indeed red.

[MeX2004]

Venus is more doable than Mars...

[2013andBeyonD]

Thats why, if you open an official NASA picture from Mars in Photoshop and turn on the option color correct you will see the original colors that are underneath the layer of techno red. You will see a blue sky, and dark brownish (sometimes yellowish like our deserts) soil.

[2013andBeyonD]

No, its more like tradition from the Viking Lander era. The first ever color pictures from Mars that were send back by Viking had a lens color error (so they say) and showed everything techno red. The modern PMA camera bar (on the Rover at least) sends back the images in 3 colors: Red, green and blue. Software to determine what the combination of lenses should be for a true color image is still programmed to produce values close to that of Viking.