This slide presentation reviews the current status of work to explore Mars beneath the surface of planet. One of the objective of this work is to enable further exploration of Mars by humans. One of the requirements for this is to find water on Mars. The presences of water is critical for Human Exploration and a permanent presence on Mars. If water is present beneath the surface it is the best chance of finding life on Mars. The presentation includes a timeline showing the robotic missions, those that have already been on Mars, and planned missions, an explanation of why do we want to drill on Mars, and some of the challenges, Also include are reviews of a missions that would drill 200 and 4,000 to 6,000 meters into the Martian bedrock, and a overview description of the drill. There is a view of some places where we have hopes of finding water.


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    Title :

    Mars Drilling Status


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Mars Drilling Status ; 2002 ; Houston, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2002-03-06


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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