Science Fiction Network, December 21 News On December 20, scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that future human pioneers on missions to Mars will be able to use wind energy to generate electricity. They have found a way to use wind turbines to generate electricity on Mars, which brings a big step forward for human exploration of Mars.
The reason why wind is formed is because the temperature of each part of the atmosphere is not uniform. When the heating temperatures are different, hot air rises and cold air falls, thus forming air convection . Wind is the result of air convection.
Mars has an atmosphere. The density of the atmosphere is only about 1% of that of the Earth, but it is enough to support the formation of winds. The revolution period of Mars is 687 Earth days, and the inclination of the rotation axis is 25.19 degrees, which is similar to that of the Earth, so it also has four seasons. So judging from the above two conditions, Mars has the conditions to produce air convection, which is wind, so there is wind on Mars.
In the past, solar energy has been used to support Mars missions, but solar power generation is not very convenient during Martian nights or during dust storms when there is less sunlight. For a long time, wind energy has been considered unavailable, mainly because the Martian atmosphere is too thin, making the wind weak.
Scientists have calculated through data simulation that, assuming they have sufficiently efficient wind turbines, they can use wind energy to generate large amounts of electricity in different areas of Mars. With the support of wind power, there are 13 new places on Mars for humans to explore.
Currently, scientists are actively promoting technical research on the development of wind turbines so that they can operate efficiently on Mars and obtain more energy from the Martian wind. (Editor: Qin Yingying)
