People in the general public can participate too. People who study mars, or even anybody, can propose a landing site. They go bou like, i want to go to this place. But then they have to make their argument for it. And so they have these workshops that are like yearly or by yearly,. And people u present what they've found out about their spot and like why we should go there. And then literally we vote.
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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