Lead in:
Mars Kahoot
Nasa engineers are about to initiate a manoeuvre that is
their least favourite activity in space: they will attempt to land a robot
spaceship on Mars. The latest Mars probe, InSight, is intended to analyse
seismic activity on the red planet by drilling under its surface. It is hoped
InSight will help scientists understand the early evolution of Mars and other
planets in the solar system. The landing process will take about seven minutes
but is highly complicated and risky. The spacecraft must be slowed from
12,000mph to 5mph for successful touchdown.
Landing a robot on Mars
below the surface
voyage through space
make a successful landing
absorb heat
deploy
nail-biting
go perfectly
throw a curveball
After landing...
This is the view across Elysium Planitia, the vast lava plain near the equator of Mars, where Nasa’s InSight lander _______ down after a hair-raising ________ on Monday. The probe ________ the image of the desolate landscape as the dust thrown up by its arrival was still _________ around it.
Over the ________ days, InSight will take more photos of the ________ site and send them back to Earth, where scientists will use them to decide where the probe should _______ its instruments.
The lander’s seismometer will be an ear to the ground that listens for “marsquakes”, which ________ through the planet when slabs of underground rock _______ and slip. Another instrument will _________ into the ground and take the temperature of the red planet.
settling fracture burrow coming landing descent snapped
After landing
The planet Mars boasts the most dramatic landscapes in our solar system. Kevin Fong embarks on a grand tour around the planet with scientists, artists and writers who know its special places intimately- through their probes, roving robots and imaginations.
As
we roam Mars' beauty spots, Kevin explores why the Red planet grips so
many. Beyond its alien topographic grandeur, Mars inspires the bigger
questions: are we alone in the cosmos, and what is the longer term
destiny of humanity? Was there more than one life genesis? Will humans
ever live on more than one planet?
Listen:
A Trip Around Mars
00:00 - 2:40
What's the name of the NASA rover currently exploring the terrain of Mars?
guided ___
m____ landscapes
a____ beauty
e______ fascination
st_______ landscapes
u_______ martian
a____ and well
bitterest of a______ temperatures
m______ fraction
2:40-7:41
(1971)
Olympus Mons
Compared with Mount Everest? Colorado?
How steep is the slope?
Kim Stanley Robinson
Chris Bonington
How high are the cliffs?
What are Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars?
Why are geographical features on Mars so large?
How big is this?
8:46-9:30
1. What did the early fly-bys indicate?
2. What did Marina 9 show?
3. What did Viking find?
11:20-16:30
Where was this painting painted?
Which landscape of Mars is depicted?
Why are the astronauts in blue suits?
What's the Northern Hemisphere of Mars like?
17:30-24:04
How did Valles Marineris form?
How did The Grand Canyon form?
Where in the Valles Marineris did Robinson situate one of his fictional cities?
What can be found in the eastern part of Valles Marineris?
Iani Chaos
A Tolkienesque landscape
How are chasmata possibly formed?
What is there in the north?
What came out of the Chaos regions?
An arm of Ares Valles
How was it formed? How long did it take to form?
Could there have been oceans on Mars?
24:00-26:00
What is Pascal's theory of water on Mars?
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