Mars has captivated the imaginations of humankind for centuries. The Perseverance rover will dig into the Red Planet’s past to find out if ancient life once existed on the Martian surface — but to fully understand what we want to learn, we have to look back at what we already know. In this episode, scientists Roger Wiens and Nina Lanza talk about some of the discoveries we’ve already made — and what the future could hold.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Perseverance rover image courtesy JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.
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