Red Planet Rover is a behind-the-scenes documentary of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, and this Thursday, Discovery Channel is airing this special show that will somehow answer if there is life on Mars and if the red planet is capable of sustaining life.
"NASA's Curiosity was sent to solve one of the greatest mysteries of science - did life ever exist on Mars? It's an audacious mission with no margin for error. And like most things, making history hasn't been easy," the official statement of Discovery on the show reads.
The scientific network has also released a sneak peek to the TV special that aims to spark curiosity among viewers, who are eager to find out if the recent discovery of organic chemicals on Martian soil is true. Furthermore, the show will also present findings that may support previous theories that human beings are not the only living creatures in the solar system and that extraterrestrial life is possible.
Red Planet Rover will feature never-before-seen footages taken by the Curiosity rover, which was sent to Mars in hopes of tracing the evolution of the planet for billions of years, TVRuckus has learned.
Recently released findings already indicate that Mars is far from its current cold, dry and lethal state many years ago. Scientists even discovered that Martian soil contains necessary chemicals present to create human form. But are these enough to answer the possibility of Mars being a planet that is capable of sustaining life?
"When we look at Mars, we have to wonder did life happen there as well? If so, what happened to it? If life evolved first on Mars, what's the possibility that life was knocked off of Mars and carried all the way to the planet Earth? Perhaps you and I and everything that's living on the planet Earth are Martians!" veteran JPL engineer Gentry Lee said.
Curiosity project scientist at Cal Tech John Grotzinger also shared his thoughts on this important mission saying, We will keep working on the puzzles these findings present. Can we learn more about the active chemistry causing such fluctuations in the amount of methane in the atmosphere? Can we choose rock targets where identifiable organics have been preserved?"
Another interesting finding was released last May. Based on what the scientists deduced that time Mars may have had water at a certain point in the past. The Curiosity rover made its second drilling attempt on Martian soil, only to find that particulates indicate presence of vast amounts of liquid water on the planet several years back, reports Science Times.
Produced by MDTV Productions, Red Planet Rover is set to premiere on Discover Channel this Thursday night at 10 p.m. EST.
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