NRAO/Socorro Colloquium Series
Roger Wiens
LANL
Exploring Mars with Curiosity
Since 2012 the 1-ton Curiosity rover, with its 10
instruments, has been exploring Gale crater near Mars’ equator. Shortly after
landing, the rover team discovered evidence of an ancient streambed. Upon
further exploration we now understand that Gale crater was once a large,
habitable lake. During the rover’s 9-km traverse we have observed periodic
releases of methane from an unknown source and we have sought to understand
evidence for highly variable levels of paleo-groundwater oxidation.
Given the venue at the NRAO I will preface the
talk with a few words about determining the solar isotopic composition with the
Genesis mission, and the window it gives us into the evolution of the solar
nebula
February 20, 2015
11:00 am
Array Operations Center Auditorium
All NRAO employees are invited to attend via video, available in Charlottesville Auditorium, Green Bank Auditorium, and VLA Video Conference Room.
Local Host: Laura Perez
