Welcome to the future—and to Candor Chasma Base Station!
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Welcome to the future—and to Candor Chasma Base Station!
• Fictional research outpost on Mars
• Set in the year 2047
DMNS/Rick Wicker
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People haven’t really landed on Mars, but someday they might.
This exhibit shows
• What the Martian surface looks like
• What it might be like to live and work on Mars
• Simulations of experiments as if performed on Mars
DMNS/Rick Wicker
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Candor Chasma (KAN-dor KAZ-ma) is a real place on Mars.
• Near the Martian equator
• Side canyon of Valles Marineris—the Martian “Grand Canyon”
• Reconstructed from Mars Global Surveyor satellite data
Mars Global Surveyor/NASA
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Mars has layered cliffs and outcrops, but we don’t know how they formed.
• Windblown dust?
• Liquid water?
• Volcanic ash?
• Some other process?
DMNS/Rick Wicker
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Check out the robotic rover to the left of the diorama, where you can analyze some “Mars rocks.”
STAY AWHILE!
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• Dust storms
• Extreme cold
• Low gravity
• Thin, unbreathable atmosphere
If people lived and worked on Mars, they’d need structures that protect them from harsh conditions.
DMNS/Rick Wicker
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• Coldest: -220º F (-140º C)
• Warmest: 40º F (4º C)
Air temperatures on Mars are very cold, with extreme variation.
Michael Carroll
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• If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you’d only weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
• But your body’s mass would be the same on Mars as it is on Earth.
Gravity on Mars is 3/8 of Earth’s gravity.
NASA
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The Martian atmosphere isn’t much like Earth’s.
• Atmospheric pressure on Mars is about .5% (half of 1%) of Earth’s.
• 95% Carbon Dioxide with traces of Nitrogen and Argon.
• Sky color ranges from yellowish-green to peach to butterscotch (depending on dust, time of day, location, and season).
DMNS/Rick Wicker
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Try your hand at some experiments at the Experiment Bar behind you.
HANG AROUND A LITTLE LONGER!
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Mars has two tiny, irregularly-shaped moons. Can you spot them in the sky?
Phobos
12 x 14 x 17 miles(18.6 x 22.2 x 26.6 km.)
Deimos
7 x 8 x 9 miles (10.8 x 12.4 x 15.0 km.)
NASA/Lee Krystek
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A Martian day lasts 24.6 hours.
Phil James (Univ. Toledo), Steve Lee (CU), and NASA
• It takes 24.6 hours for Mars to rotate completely on its axis.
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A Martian year is 687 days long.
Illustration by Medialab, ESA 2001
• It takes Mars nearly twice as long as Earth to go all the way around the Sun.
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Maybe you’ll get to see an “astronaut” doing simulated experiments in the diorama.
STICK AROUND!