Mars Mission Update: December 2019

Aspiring Martian Colonist and Exoplanet Researcher Ryan MacDonald covers the progress made towards sending people to Mars in the 2010s, the greatest scientific discoveries on the red planet this decade, and the changing perception of crewed Mars missions in society.

-----Further information and links-----

*Ryan's PhD thesis on exoplanet atmospheres:
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/297844

*NASA's Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0 (NASA):
https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/373665main_NASA-SP-2009-566.pdf

*ISS One Year Mission (NASA):
https://www.nasa.gov/1ym

*'The NASA Twins Study: A multidimensional analysis of a year-long human spaceflight' (Science):
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6436/eaau8650

*'Background levels of methane in Mars’ atmosphere show strong seasonal variations' (Science):
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6393/1093

*'No detection of methane on Mars from early ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observations' (Nature):
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1096-4

*'SHARAD detection and characterization of subsurface water ice deposits in Utopia Planitia, Mars' (Geophysical Research Letters):
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016GL070138

*'Exposed subsurface ice sheets in the Martian mid-latitudes' (Science):
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6372/199

*'Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars' (Science):
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6401/490
-----Animations + Video-----

Various sources, links available upon request.
This month's intro graphic is inspired by SpaceX's 2016 Starship animation, just prior to Martian atmosphere entry.

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