Humanity is exploring the surface of Mars and at the same time littering the Red Planet. And the second point
What is known
The first spacecraft landed on Mars to studyover 50 years ago. UN data indicate that during this time, earthlings sent 18 devices to Mars during 14 missions. Some of them still continue to work, but some of the devices have turned into garbage for various reasons.
National Aeronautics Administration andNASA announced in late summer that the Perseverance rover found a fragment on the Red Planet that appeared after the rover landed. Also, broken spacecraft (at least two probes) and instruments that are no longer used to study the fourth planet of the solar system have turned into garbage.
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As part of any mission to Mars,use of a module that provides protection for the station during landing. During landing, parts of the shell may be in different places and break into pieces as a result of impact.
Another source of garbage of terrestrial origin -Mars rovers decommissioned. But such rovers remain on Mars as relics, because during the work they did not lose their parts and do not harm the environment.
Scientists say that the total mass of all earthlyvehicles that have ever been sent to the Red Planet is 9979 kg. At the same time, the garbage weighs 7119 kg. Another 2860 kg is the mass of devices that are still in operation.
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Debris on the Red Planet may representa threat to the effectiveness of Mars missions, since in theory it can contaminate samples collected by rovers. Also, the debris can interfere with the work of other rovers. In particular, when sending Perseverance to Mars, scientists were afraid that the rover might get stuck in the debris.