Rover persevered in NASA another rock on Mars left the scientists at a loss.
Mars Rock “Bay St. Pauls Bay” is called the Mission, and includes hundreds of dark gray fields the size of a millimeter, some of which contain small holes. The perseverance discovered this rock on March 11 on the edge of the Jezero hole, which is an ancient lake that Rover has explored since 2021 to obtain signs of previous microbial life. Scientists say that the geological assets of the features of this region can provide valuable visions on how rocks in the region evolve over billions of years.
“The development of these features in the geological context will be it is very important to understand their origin, and to define its importance to the geological history of” Jezero Crate RIM and beyond. ” statement.
Rock Bay Rock is located on the slopes of the Hazel Hill Witch area, a scientifically important rocky bumper that extends over 330 feet (101 meters), with each of the rock layers like a page in the book of the history of Mars. According to the statement about the new sample set in the course, this rock may float from another place.
When talking about another place on the Red Planet, the opportunity of NASA and its curiosity in the past witnessed similar rocks similarly near the landing sites of each of them, and digging and digging stormy, which scientists have interpreted as the disappearance of the interaction of groundwater that revolves through the pores of the rocks. Last year, the perseverance itself monitored popcorn -like rocks that also indicate the flow of groundwater once.
However, these configurations can also arise from volcanic processes, such as rapid cooling of molten rock drops during an eruption, or from the effects of meteorites, on which steam rocks are condensed.
“Each of these training mechanisms will have various effects to the development of these rocks, and therefore the team is working hard to determine their context and its origin,” the mission team said in the statement.
Rover currently on a The task of reward Explore the edge of the Jezero Crate, where the old groundwater Mars has interacted with the rocks in a way that created a completely different environment than Rover previously explored on the hole. Samples I collected, including one with Interesting features Cheetah and poppy seeds that scientists suspect are similar to evidence of old microbial activity, in 30 cigarette tubes that are waiting for Beck Applied through the mission of the complex Mars in NASA.
The ambitious effort is strained for a comprehensive reform after it faced the cost and the timeline. Bill Nelson, former NASA director I announced earlier this year The agency leaves two alternative plans for the Trump administration to return samples to the home, each of which will require Congress to allocate $ 300 million to start launch procedures by 2030 and return samples between 2035 and 2039.
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