Mars functions for us earthlings as like, an old cabin in joshua tree. So what parts of this chilly desert are we really poking around? Now, the curiosity rover landed in a crater, gale crater,. Named for walter frederick gale, who was an australian banker by name, but he was a real space de by night. And it's filled with a mountain of perhaps wind whipped debrise that's taller than mount reinier. It looks ike if you piled abun of brown sugar into a shallow bowl, or like a little, tiny tuft of lint in a belly button.
The Red Planet. A mysterious dusty orb millions of miles away. Our emergency escape bunker. Alie sits down with Dr. Jennifer Buz to talk about what Mars’s DEEEEAL is, why we send rovers there, good science fiction, so-so science fiction, double egg yolks, the poetry of the moon Phobos and some of the best science dreams perhaps ever recorded. Jennifer is maybe the chillest areologist on this planet and an absolute gem.
You're going to want to look at Dr. Jennifer Buz's website JNNFR.BZ
Info on the 2020 rover workshop via JPL
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