Monday, April 12, 2021
Martian Easter Eggs
Article on the "Easter Egg" surprises that have been incorporated into the Mars rovers and landers, such as
"...The SuperCam instrument aboard Perseverance also has a calibration target, and it contains a gift for Mars. Dozens of meteorites have been found on Earth that came from Mars, which we know thanks to trapped air bubbles inside of them; these bubbles match the composition of the martian atmosphere. One of these meteorites was sent to the International Space Station, then returned to Earth, where a slice of it was added to the SuperCam calibration target. This will be the first time humans have returned a piece of Mars to its original home..."
https://tanyaofmars.medium.com/martian-easter-eggs-87a075fd6f2b
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