Webb telescope's first images of Mars Just boosted Elon Musk plans Webb Focus its infrared camera on
the Martian surface and atmosphere the web Space Telescope has impressed us with photographs of
far-off galaxies and gleaming nebulae but it's also sent back its first pictures of Mars our
neighbor and the solar system scientists can learn more about Mars's surface and atmosphere thanks
to the just released data which was collected by the telescope's infrared instruments let's
find out what the jwst reveals of the planet Mars that boosted Elon Musk plans and colonizing the
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and let's begin the James Webb Space telescope's first photos and infrared Spectra of Mars were
made public by the European Space Agency the first pictures inspector of the red planet were
taken by the web telescope on September 5th 2022 using the near infrared camera and near infrared
spectrograph the web Space Telescope saw Mars for the first time it took two photos each at
a different infrared wavelength to create this first image of Mars from the telescope it displays
a world with a sun-drenched Eastern Hemisphere as well as one of the largest impact craters in the
solar system and a lava flow from a long extinct shield volcano at the second sun earth LaGrange
point or L2 Webb is located roughly 1.5 million kilometers from Earth the area of Mars facing
the telescope that receives sunlight is known as the observable disc and it may be seen from
the telescope's Vantage Point as a result jwst is able to take pictures and record Spectra with the
precise resolution required to research transient processes C seasonal shifts weather patterns
and dust storms are a few examples of these occurrences the young planet Mars was struck by
a massive object some 4 billion years ago leaving a crater just south of the planet's equator that
is 2 300 kilometers Broad and seven kilometers deep in Webb's first image of Mars's eastern half
the crater now known as Hellas Basin is seen in dark orange this Golder spot contrasts with the
remainder of the daylit side of the planet which is illuminated by bright yellow heat radiation the
northeastern edge of the helles Basin and another of Mars's biggest craters the 467 kilometer wide
Huygens crater May both be seen in more detail when infrared light is at shorter wavelengths a
branching network of channels were etched into the Stony surface when water was previously present in
hikins clay and carbonate materials which only grow at moist conditions were also discovered
by NASA's Mars reconnaissance Orbiter and highgens or a smaller impact crater had exposed them a dark
Basalt flow from the long extinct volcano circus major is located to the east of huygen's crater
The Landing site for the perseverance Rover is yazero crater and it's located just Southwest of
the basalt plain near infrared spectrograph was also used by Webb to gather some spectroscopic
data on the Martian atmosphere the spectrograph depicts some of the components that make up Mars's
exceedingly thin atmosphere such as carbon dioxide water and carbon monoxide which correlate to the
highlighted dips in the graph even if this isn't a groundbreaking result it does demonstrate Webb's
capacity to precisely analyze the atmospheric makeup of several worlds despite the fact that
it may not seem amazing for a telescope that is meant to find far-off Dim objects it actually
is one of the brightest objects in the night sky both invisible and infrared light is Mars which is
relatively close to the Earth Webb's instruments are so sensitive that the brilliant infrared light
for Mars is practically dazzling leading to a phenomenon called detector saturation which is a
problem to get around this scientists must utilize specialized detection methods such as very brief
exposure times and measuring only a portion of the light that reaches the detectors they subsequently
arrived at the image by utilizing unique data analysis techniques the Mars web photos display
variations in brightness over a wide range of wavelengths from location to location on
the planet at a specific time and date however the Spectrum shows how the planet as a whole is
represented by the small brightness differences between thousands of various wavelengths to learn
more about the planet surface and atmosphere astronomers will examine Spectrum features
according to Chris Evans a web project scientist for the esa these first web observations of Mars
indicate how we may examine the different regions on its surface including the composition of its
atmosphere with the nir spec instrument Webb will give us fresh insights into useful interpretations
like the history of water on Mars according to the statement building on what has been
done with past missions and without the limits of Earth's atmosphere for ground-based spectroscopy
scientists can determine how reliable the high-tech telescope is and observing
extremely distant Celestial planets by directing Webb's attention at a planet like Mars that has
been extensively studied we are excited to see new images of our Cosmic neighborhood like the
latest sighting of a colorful Jupiter and its auroras even while Webb continues to focus on
objects all over the cosmos and let's find out why new discoveries on Mars boost Elon
musk's plans and getting to Mars you have what it takes to survive on Mars Elon Musk recently
stated that astronauts on the red planet May ultimately become a reality by 2029 so it may
not be long before it actually happens the CEO of SpaceX has had a long-held goal of building
a settlement on Mars one million people would live there it would be self-sufficient and it
would make Humanity a multi-planet species it is possibly musk's most audacious ambition and
one that might keep him busy for the next three decades on Mars's surface musk wants
to construct an entire Metropolis it would be a metropolis accessible to everyone not only
academics and researchers a loan may be used to cover the cost of a person's travel to Mars if
they were interested once there people would be able to pay back the loan by working in
anything from pizza parlors to iron foundries at a conference in 2016 musk predicted that there would
be a labor shortage for a very long time the starlink internet service terms and conditions
revealed in October 2020 indicate that this city would be able to govern itself on its own terms
this appears to be at odds with an 1967 outer space treaty which specifies that the country
from where the launch originated is in charge of all subsequent space activities the two papers
may be headed for conflict according to David anderman who has spacex's general counsel at the
time the terms were published he stated as much in a report published in 2021 the construction
of a self-sustaining City on Mars according to musk's 2019 estimate would require about
1 million tons of cargo the cost of building a city on Mars would be close to 100 billion
dollars of freight Transportation on Mars with the forthcoming Starship cost a hundred thousand
dollars per ton according to musk the cost might reach 10 trillion dollars on the highest end the
SpaceX might not end with one City spacex's chief Mars development engineer Paul Worcester stated
during the 21st International Mars Society convention in August 2022 that the company
May construct numerous cities the concept would be to expand Out start off not just
with an outpost but grow until a larger base not only like there are in Antarctica but actually
a village a town expanding into an a city and eventually many cities on Mars Paul stated Elon
Musk wants to create a metropolis on Mars but for what reason the transformation of humanity into a
multi-planet species is musk's stated goal he has compiled a list of justifications for why
people would want to spread out into the cosmos over the years he frequently mentions the idea
that a catastrophe on Earth could mean the end of civilization but that if it can establish a
foothold on another planet like Mars Humanity May survive being a space-faring civilization
in my opinion is one of the things that gets you thrilled about the future there are a lot
of factors that make people unhappy or depressed about the future musk explained and that's it
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