The detection of liquid water is of prime interest and should have deep implications in the understanding of the Martian hydrological cycle and also in exobiology. In the frame of the 2007 joint CNES-NASA mission to Mars, a set of 4 NETLANDERS developed by an European consortium is expected to be launched in June 2007. We propose to use a second spacecraft going or landing to Mars to release near one of the Netlander a series of artificial metallic meteorites, in order to perform an active seismic experiment providing a seismic profile of the crust and subsurface.


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    Title :

    An Idea for an Active Seismic Experiment on Mars in 2008


    Contributors:
    Lognonne, Ph. (author) / Banerdt, B. (author) / Giardini, D. (author) / Costard, F. (author)


    Publication date :

    2001-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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