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Filling the Pantry for a Mission to Mars
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/30/11 |
| Providing food for astronauts may be one of the greatest challenges facing a human mission to Mars. The major challenge is to balance weight, food acceptability and resource utilization. Answers could be found in 'bioregenerative' systems that allow astronauts to grow some of their own food. |
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Preenchendo a Despensa para uma Missão a Marte
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/30/11 |
| Prover comida para astronautas pode ser um dos maiores desafios para encarar uma missão humana a Marte. O principal desafio é balancear peso, aceitação da comida e utilização de recursos. Perguntas podem ser encontradas em sistemas “biorregenerativos” que permitem aos astronautas plantar parte de suas próprias comidas. |
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Launching the Lunar Grail
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/26/11 |
| NASA´s GRAIL mission to study the Moon is in final launch preparations for a scheduled launch on Sept. 8, 2011. |
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The Moon is Looking Younger
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/17/11 |
| New research indicates that Earth's moon could be younger than previously thought. |
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Arrival in the Arctic
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/15/11 |
| Astrobiology Magazine Field Research Editor Henry Bortman recently spent two weeks on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic with the Haughton-Mars Project. Devon is a polar desert where researchers both study local geology and biology and conduct experiments to further the exploration of the moon, Mars and other planetary bodies. |
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Software on the Fly
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/08/11 |
| Astrobiology Magazine Field Research Editor Henry Bortman recently spent a week in British Columbia with scientists from the Pavilion Lake Research Project. In his fifth report he describes behind-the-scenes software that helps PLRP achieve its scientific goals. |
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When Earth's Two Moons Became One
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/08/11 |
| The mountainous region on the far side of the Moon may be the remains of a collision with a smaller companion moon. |
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Diving in the Rain
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/01/11 |
| Astrobiology Magazine Field Research Editor Henry Bortman recently spent a week in British Columbia with scientists from the Pavilion Lake Research Project. Scientist-pilots studied the microbialites in Kelly Lake in submersible vehicles and, as described in this report, scientist-scuba divers collected samples for lab analysis. |
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Volcanoes on the Far Side of the Moon
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
07/27/11 |
| By analyzing new images of the far side of the Moon, researchers have identified a small volcanic province created by the upwelling of silicic magama. |
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Go Jump in a Lake
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
07/24/11 |
| Astrobiology Magazine Field Research Editor Henry Bortman is spending the week in British Columbia with scientists from the Pavilion Lake Research Project. Their main scientific work involves the exploration of Kelly Lake with piloted submersible vehicles. But in his third report, Bortman describes a decidedly lower-tech activity. |
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