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14 – Methane in Stereo (feat. Nicolas Thomas)
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Nov 1, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter’s primary mission is to hunt down sources of trace gasses in the orbiter and characterize them. Chief among these chemicals is Methane, and when it is isolated on the surface, we’re going to want to know what that place looks like. Enter the Colour and Stereo Surface Imagine System, a state of the art instrument that can take stereo images of the surface, allowing us to see Mars in 3D. Nicolas Thomas, Principal Investigator of the instrument, joins us to tell us all about this fascinating device, including its operations, how it targets science and why finding methane is so important.
Links
The CaSSIS website (University of Bern)
YouTube – How the Instrument was built
ESA – CaSSIS Overview
WeMartians Theme Song is “RetroFuture” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Links
The CaSSIS website (University of Bern)
YouTube – How the Instrument was built
ESA – CaSSIS Overview
WeMartians Theme Song is “RetroFuture” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Released:
Nov 1, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
1 – The Waxing Interest in Mars: In the first episode of WeMartians, Jake recaps the current state of affairs for the exploration of Mars, focusing in on efforts from NASA, commercial companies, and the public interest in the Red Planet. by WeMartians Podcast