Episode 61: Gordon Osinski, Western University, Talks About Water on Mars
The Space Economy
English - October 04, 2018 13:19 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBusiness newspace space economy satellites constellations space stations nasa communications Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
My guest this week is Professor Gordon Osinski, Director of the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration at Western University. Today we’ll be talking about water on Mars and the history of water discoveries on the Red Planet. As well, is there liquid water on Mars today? It’s a question that we haven’t decided with any certainty even though we’ve found evidence that suggest water flowed in the past on Mars. As well the Martian polar caps contain water ice. However unlike Earths polar caps, the Martian polar caps are a combination of water ice and carbon dioxide ice. Recently though there was news that there may a lake of water under the surface of the Martian south polar cap. Is this really the case? And what are the implications for human exploration should it be verified that there’s liquid water on Mars today?
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