Mars Is COVERED With Over 7 Tons Of Trash..
Mars Is COVERED With Over 7 Tons Of Trash..
Welcome back to Tech Summary. People have been exploring the surface of Mars for over 50 years. According to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, nations have sent 18 human-made objects to Mars over 14 separate missions. Many of these missions are still ongoing, but over the decades of Martian exploration, humankind has left behind many pieces of debris on the planet’s surface.
In mid-August 2022, NASA confirmed that the Mars rover Perseverance had spotted a piece of trash jettisoned during its landing, this time a tangled mess of netting. And this is not the first time scientists have found trash on Mars. That’s because there is a lot there. Debris on Mars comes from three main sources: discarded hardware, inactive spacecraft and crashed spacecraft. When you add up the mass of all spacecraft that have ever been sent to Mars, you get about 22,000 pounds. Subtract the weight of the currently operational craft on the surface – 6,306 pounds – and you are left with 15,694 pounds (7.847 tons) of human debris on Mars. Check this video out and stay updated!
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