NOTICIA DE LA SETMANA 6: "The place of Mars where Europe will search for signs of life"

Recently the agency chose the two places on the red planet where possibly rest the rover of ExoMars 2020 exploration. This robot will punch up to two meters from the ground and study the habitability of the planet (the odds for life), doing a sophisticated analysis of organic molecules.

ESA has chosen for landing two places which in the past were very abundant in water: two ellipses of 120 by 19 km in the area of Oxia Planum and Mawrth Vallis. Both are interesting from the scientific point of view and in addition are smooth and lack elements that can hinder the landing, deployment and exit of the rover.

Both regions will be studied now with more detail and final landing place will be chosen in 2019. The launch of the rover scheduled for July of 2020.

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Commentary: In my opinion, this is very interesting and a good advance to the humanity. It would be great if we found life on Mars