3 Spacecraft Arriving on Mars in Quick Succession

[Brian37]

It's not really an issue of multitasking.  I'll let NASA explain.

In 1969, the Earth was first viewed in a new way: from the surface of another celestial body, as a delicate, living jewel in the vast dark sea of space. Since then, NASA has contributed in many areas to our understanding of the Earth and to our need for cleaner, greener technologies. From solar arrays and fuel cells to Earth-observing satellites, more efficient aircraft, climate models, and air/water/waste recycling systems, NASA’s contributions to Earth, environment, and green technologies continue today. With a new drive to build an energy-independent nation and reduce our impact on the environment, NASA can make immediate and significant contributions to our Earth-based challenges and at the same time, advance the Agency’s missions in science, aeronautics, and space exploration. Read more about NASA's role in sustainability in Technology Innovations Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 1.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/greens...-role.html

They find themselves needing to come up with solutions for problems in space exploration - and those solutions keep turning out to be useful to us down here on planet earth... the mothership, if you will, lol.

While many historical figures had long since noted the reality of our sun/earth relationship. If I am remembering correctly, the Vatican, while secretly accepting the truth, did not officially make a public statement on the earth/sun relationship, until they were presented with the first photo from the moon looking at the earth.

[The Grand Nudger]

Sounds like you have an issue with the vatican man, space and science are doing great on the climate front.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I love space explorations. But I am damned tired of our species ignoring that our first priority is protecting now, the planet we live on now. Yes science can multi task. But the priority now is focusing on not destroying the now, the home we are destroying now.

This comes under the heading of "we can only do one thing at a time."

[Pat Mustard]

Only Elon doesn't have anything on Mars, and yet he plans to send humans soon as possible, sometimes even with rumors in 2024.

My guess is that Musk will "be very close to putting people on Mars" for as long as people are willing to throw money at him to hear him say that, and not a day after.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It's not really an issue of multitasking.  I'll let NASA explain.

In 1969, the Earth was first viewed in a new way: from the surface of another celestial body, as a delicate, living jewel in the vast dark sea of space. Since then, NASA has contributed in many areas to our understanding of the Earth and to our need for cleaner, greener technologies. From solar arrays and fuel cells to Earth-observing satellites, more efficient aircraft, climate models, and air/water/waste recycling systems, NASA’s contributions to Earth, environment, and green technologies continue today. With a new drive to build an energy-independent nation and reduce our impact on the environment, NASA can make immediate and significant contributions to our Earth-based challenges and at the same time, advance the Agency’s missions in science, aeronautics, and space exploration. Read more about NASA's role in sustainability in Technology Innovations Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 1.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/greens...-role.html

They find themselves needing to come up with solutions for problems in space exploration - and those solutions keep turning out to be useful to us down here on planet earth... the mothership, if you will, lol.

Prior to the advent of the interwebz, I had a subscription to NASA’s ‘Spin-off’ magazine. The amount of technologies developed for the space programme that immediately and directly benefit us ground-crawlers is astonishing.

https://spinoff.nasa.gov/

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

This is NASA Persevere's destination: a 3.5-billion-year-old delta inside Jezero Crater. The landing ellipse is the smallest of any Mars lander EVER

[Gawdzilla Sama]

♫Delta Queen, what's that lander you have on♫