When Mars Was Like Earth: Five Years of Exploration with the Curiosity Rover

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

English - August 02, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB - ★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Speaker: Dr. Ashwin Vasavada, of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

For five years, Curiosity explored Gale Crater, one of the most intriguing locations on Mars -- once the site of an ancient lake. In this talk, the mission's Project Scientist discussed what the rover was capable of and the many things it discovered on and about the red planet. In particular, he fills us in on the evidence that ancient Mars, billions of years ago, was much more like the Earth -- with a thicker atmosphere and flowing water on its surface. (Recorded Feb. 28, 2018)