Drones Scanning Earth's Glaciers Are Paving the Way for Future Mars Helicopters
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Drones Scanning Earth's Glaciers Are Paving the Way for Future Mars Helicopters
Mars has lots of glaciers located along its mid-latitudes. We’ve known this for years thanks to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s (MRO’s) SHARAD sounder. But, despite all of the excellent data it’s managed to gather, SHARAD doesn’t have high enough resolution to accurately measure the boundary between the glacier itself and the rocky material that has been deposited on top of it over the course of billions of years. A new study, published in the…
A recent study presents an innovative method for analyzing glaciers on Mars, using drones equipped with ground-penetrating radar. The research, conducted by scientists at the University of Arizona, seeks to improve the understanding of the internal structure of Martian glaciers, especially those covered by debris. The study, published in the journal JGR Planets, proposes the use of drones to identify the interface between glaciers and the rocky …
From Drone Surveys of Buried Glacier Ice to Water on Mars
A team of researchers at the University of Arizona spent long days driving off-road, hiking rugged terrain and launching drones across Alaska and Wyoming in an attempt to understand how to explore hidden glaciers on Mars The team demonstrated that ground-penetrating radar mounted on drones can map the thickness of rocky debris covering glaciers on […]
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