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The question of what it might be like to stand on Mars and what it could reveal about the origins of life was addressed by two Open University academics at the Northern Ireland Science Festival on ...Tuesday 21 February. In an OpenMinds Talk: Why visit Mars and what we might find there? Dr Stephen Lewis, OU Senior Lecturer, School of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics and Rhian Chapman, PhD student, will looked at the challenges of landing on the Red Planet and of markers of life there. In this video, Rhian Chapman, who is doing her PhD on the formation of small and regional dust storms on Mars, their influence on the Martian climate, and their potential impact on future Mars lander missions, looks at the environment on Mars. She discusses surface conditions and temperatures, gravity, surface temperatures, and even look at the weather forecast on Mars. She also looks at the landers and rovers that have recently been on the surface of Mars: Phoenix, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity and at imminent missions: Insight, Mars2020 and ExoMars rover.
The question of what it might be like to stand on Mars and what it could reveal about the origins of life was addressed by two Open University academics at the Northern Ireland Science Festival on ...Tuesday 21 February. In an OpenMinds Talk: Why visit Mars and what we might find there? Dr Stephen Lewis, OU Senior Lecturer, School of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics and Rhian Chapman, PhD student, will looked at the challenges of landing on the Red Planet and of markers of life there. In this video, Rhian Chapman, who is doing her PhD on the formation of small and regional dust storms on Mars, their influence on the Martian climate, and their potential impact on future Mars lander missions, looks at the environment on Mars. She discusses surface conditions and temperatures, gravity, surface temperatures, and even look at the weather forecast on Mars. She also looks at the landers and rovers that have recently been on the surface of Mars: Phoenix, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity and at imminent missions: Insight, Mars2020 and ExoMars rover.
| First transmission date: | 27-02-2017 |
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| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | Contact the OU Archive prior to any re-use. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk. |
| Duration: | 00:14:18 |
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| Contributors: | Rhian Chapman; Dr Stephen Lewis |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
| Link to related site: | External url: https://youtu.be/DQUMIAN1rfM |
| Production number: | OUR00150 |
| Available to public: | no |
