is unimaginable. In Mars , 55 million kilometers away from us, there are more than 7 tons of garbage. According to a report released by NASA, since the first time humans launched a probe to Mars, just half a century ago, abandoned abandoned hardware and unusable spacecraft have spread all over the corners of Mars. The distant Mars has become a garbage dump for humans in the universe. Of course, you can also call them "the remains left by humans on the surface of Mars in the process of exploring the unknown universe."
These relics are irregularly scattered in the soil layer of Mars. With the action of Martian sandstorms, some have been buried in the soil. American scientists predict that the samples collected by the Perseverance probe, which is looking for traces of life in the United States, may have been contaminated, which will greatly affect the accuracy of the collected sample analysis data.
You may be curious, how did this garbage come from? How is the total mass of garbage on Mars calculated?
The garbage on Mars was priceless and high-precision instruments before it was launched. Most of them were . The module is used to protect Mars rover and ensure that the probe can achieve soft landing on the surface of Mars. The thermal insulation board, parachute and even the landing airbag that wraps the spacecraft has completed their mission when the probe arrives on the surface of Mars and becomes aerospace garbage.
As for how to calculate the exact number, it is not as magical as imagined. As long as the total mass of all spacecraft launched to Mars is calculated, the weight of fuel consumed on the road is subtracted, and the mass of the probe that is still working on the surface of Mars is subtracted, the difference in income is also the total mass of all garbage that humans are still on Mars. How to deal with "garbage" such as
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is different from the domestic waste of humans on Earth. The spacecraft fragments scattered on the surface of Mars can be regarded as a historical documentary of human exploration of Mars. From the earliest Mars 3 lander to , who has worked on Mars for several years, "Opportunity" Mars rover , although these probes have lost their power now, most of the appearances have not been damaged. You can see a strong sense of the times and traces of technological progress from these abandoned objects. is a well-deserved "historical relics" .
Of course, these relics have indeed caused quite a lot of trouble to the exploration of Mars. A few months ago, NASA discovered a flash when receiving the Mars surface images uploaded by Perseverance, similar to the non-natural relics. When researchers cheered and directed Perseverance to the luminous location, Mars' probe was not a remote-controlled car. In February this year, " Perseverance" moved 240 meters in a single day and set a record of the farthest movement distance of the Mars rover in a single day. . At that time, the "Perseverance" was 12 kilometers away from the light source, which was a long distance of .
In order to find "Right of Mars", Perseverance took more than ten days to arrive at the light source location, but he found that the light source was just the hot blanket discarded when the probe landed.
It is a helpless move to spread garbage on Mars. After all, there is no possibility of disposing of garbage under the existing conditions. Fortunately, scientists have evaluated the impact of these garbage. In the Mars continent, which is empty and covered with Gobi, 7 tons of garbage will not have a significant impact on future exploration. It seems that if you want to include these "historical relics" in Mars Museum , you really have to wait until humans have large-scale Mars immigration.
As humans explore Mars deepens, more and more garbage will be thrown onto the surface of Mars. Since it is unavoidable, then use this garbage as a medal for humans to explore the universe!
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