NASA announces mission to Mars in 2020 – Semana.com

On Thursday, during a press conference in Washington, explained the space agency’s most ambitious project they have to date. This is the mars rover 2020, an expedition that will assess with certainty whether the Martian atmosphere is conducive to human life.

The project will include a new model of 2020 rover called spacecraft, which will be equipped with the latest and appropriate technology.

“The 2020 Mars project will help resolve questions about the ecosystem and the Martian environment, questions have been astronauts for decades. The rover will do tests and experiments that give us accurate information even before the return of the red planet rover “said William Gerstenmaier, human administrator of NASA space operations.

Incredible tools spacecraft include a tool that allows you to generate your own oxygen to determine how difficult it would be the breathing process to humans if these land on the red planet colonization towards it.

It will be recalled the elite of scientists from the University of East Anglia (Norwich, England) team published its latest study on the planet earth would be habitable for another 1,500 years due to unavoidable greenhouse effect, caused by the emissions of carbon dioxide and methane gas.

Aerospace The spectacular model can take pictures in three dimensions, which will allow scientists to observe 490 meters from the surface down. You’ll also be able to collect limestone vital parts to delve into further research on arrival of the rover.

“Mars has some vital for the sustenance of life resources, it can reduce the complexity to get that planet also to understand the wind, dust and Martian climate may more adequately prepare for the expected first human mission to Mars, Gerstenmaier concluded.