Episode 09: Life on Mars?

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Some of the things we talk about in this episode:

• NASA’s announcement: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-finds-ancient-organic-material-mysterious-methane-on-mars

• The first Science paper about Methane: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6393/1093

• The second Science paper about organics in the dirt: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6393/1096

• NASA’s Curiosity rover: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html

Video showing Curiosity’s view of the Gale Crater: https://youtu.be/U5nrrnAukwI

• Curiosity’s selfie: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/mount-sharp-photobombs-mars-curiosity-rover

• Curiosity sings Happy Birthday to itself: https://youtu.be/uxVVgBAosqg

• Methane from cows: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/cow-emissions-more-damaging-to-planet-than-co2-from-cars-427843.html

• Water on Mars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_on_Mars

• Olympus Mons: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/solar_system_highlights/olympus_mons

• ESA’s ExoMars: http://exploration.esa.int/mars/48088-mission-overview/

• The fate of the Schiaparelli Lander: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-blogs/schiaparelli-requiem-for-a-mars-lander/

• NASA’s Spirit & Opportunity rovers: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/index.html

• The Mars 2020 mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/overview/

• The Mars Helicopter! https://youtu.be/oOMQOqKRWjU
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7121

• Sending humans to Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/content/journey-to-mars-overview