When
7:30 p.m., April 21, 2008
Where
Kuiper Space Sciences Building 308
Alfred McEwen, LPL, will discuss “New Vistas of the Moon and Mars.”
Comparison of the Moon and Mars is informative because the Moon is like the “control experiment” showing the effects of impacts and volcanism on a dry planet, for comparison to these processes in the ice-rich crust of Mars.
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is returning spectacular high-resolution color and 3-dimensional images of Mars. By late this year or early 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will launch (and arrive at the Moon 3 days later) with the LRO Camera (LROC), to return images of comparable resolution to those of HiRISE.
Related links
HiRISE
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Comparison of the Moon and Mars is informative because the Moon is like the “control experiment” showing the effects of impacts and volcanism on a dry planet, for comparison to these processes in the ice-rich crust of Mars.
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is returning spectacular high-resolution color and 3-dimensional images of Mars. By late this year or early 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will launch (and arrive at the Moon 3 days later) with the LRO Camera (LROC), to return images of comparable resolution to those of HiRISE.
Related links
HiRISE
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
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