Plan to Colonize Mars? A One-Second Sensor Failure Doomed The ESA’s Mars Lander

 

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IN BRIEF

• The ESA states that the IMU sensor ran one second longer than expected, which caused the lander to break too early and crash into Mars.
• This event underscores the dangers of space travel and the remarkable level of precision that is needed in order for humans to successfully colonize Mars

MEASUREMENT ERROR

It was NASA’s MRO images that broke the news just a few short weeks back: the Schiaparelli  lander was dead.

NASA gave the first evidence that the ESA’s Schiaparelli lander seemed to have crashed on its descent to the Red Planet, which occurred on October 19, 2016. The ESA later released a statement saying that contact was lost with the lander and that the photos reveal a new feature in the Martian surface consistent with a crash…a crater from the impact site.

MRO

Now, new findings from the investigation reveal what may be the real cause of the crash. The ESA believes that a one-second failure in one of its sensors caused its systems to deploy prematurely.

Yes, just a one-second failure doomed the entire mission.

An ESA statement said that much of the mission went along smoothly. The lander was actually able to deploy a parachute 12 km off the Martian ground and release its heat shield 7.8km off the ground, just as planned.

As the lander was falling under the parachute, the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), which measures the rotation of the lander, ran one-second longer than expected. When its erroneous measurement combined with the navigation data, the lander started thinking that it was below ground.

An artist's impression of Beagle 2 on the surface of Mars. 
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That made it release the parachute, remove its backshell, fire its braking thrusters, and deploy its sensors. All from an altitude of 3.7 km—and if you are breaking 3.7 km before you land, then you aren’t breaking when you are actually landing.

The final report of the findings is expected by early 2017.

EVERYTHING PERFECT

This is not the ESA’s first stroke of disaster when it comes to Mars. Back in 2003, Britain piggybacked its Beagle-2 Mars probe on the ESA’s Mars Express Orbiter. But after parting with the orbiter to get to the Martian surface, it was never heard from again.

These events show just how much preparation we still need to do to get humanity to Mars. Even just tiny, one-second events can send manned space crews hurtling towards their deaths in the barren wastelands of Mars.

Schiaparelli, Beagle-2, and even the Challenger disaster show how amazingly difficult space travel and rocket science can be. With aggressive launch windows and timetables being publicized by NASA, SpaceX, the ESA, and other space agencies, one must wonder if slow and steady wouldn’t lead to a better race (and finish line).

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President Eisenhower’s Deal With The Aliens

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PRESIDENT EISENHOWER’S DEAL WITH THE ALIENS

In 1954, the race of aliens, known as the Tall Greys, who had been orbiting the equator, landed at Holloman Air Force Base.  They stated that their DNA is unraveling at an accelerated rate to which they will meet their ultimate demise very soon if they don’t find a solution.

The Tall Greys wanted access to the human genome for genetic research and planned to create a new organism that was both human and Grey, which is now referred to as “hybrid”. These organisms would be vessels used as genetic templates for the continuance of their race.  The Tall Greys stated that for purposes of genetic research, they wanted authorization to abduct humans. They promised that the humans would be returned to their place of abduction unharmed and with no memory of what occurred. 

The Tall Greys stated that they wanted their presence on Earth to remain a secret and that needed the government to stay out of their affairs. In order to keep their presence a secret, underground bases would built. One underground base would be a joint government/military and ET base. This base is referred to as Dulce Base.  In exchange for assisting the Tall Greys, the US government would receive their technology as well as further assistance with technological advancement. The Tall Grey’s would also stay out of human affairs. To make the deal official, a treaty was signed by President Dwight Eisenhower.  The Greada Treaty was signed by then President Elect Dwight Eisenhower . 

According to the testimonies examined so far, the February 20-21, 1954 meeting was not successful, and the extraterrestrials were spurned due to their refusal to enter into technology exchanges and insistence on nuclear disarmament by the US and presumably other major world powers. 

Cooper describes the circumstances of a subsequent agreement that was reached after the failure of the first meeting. While Cooper has a different version of dates and times for the 1954 meetings, he agrees that there were two sets of meetings involving different extraterrestrials meeting with President Eisenhower and/or Eisenhower administration officials back in 1954, under the Eisenhower administration, the federal government decided to circumvent the Constitution of the United States and form a treaty with alien entities.

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Bewijs van leven op Mars mogelijk al gevonden in 2007 - HLN.be

Bron: Telegraph, Nature

In El Tatio zouden de omstandigheden erg lijken op die op Mars in het verleden.

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MARS De Marslander Spirit heeft mogelijk al jaren geleden het bewijs gevonden dat er ooit leven was op Mars. Wetenschappers keken daar toen echter over, suggereert een nieuw onderzoek.

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De kwestie draait rond foto's uit 2007 van een vingerachtige rotsformatie op Mars, op het Home Plate-plateau in de Gusevkrater. Wetenschappers van de Universiteit van Arizona hebben die structuur nu bekeken en vergeleken met gelijkaardige formaties op Aarde. Ze vonden bijna identieke structuren in het Chileense El Tatio die ontstonden door een combinatie van warmwaterbronnen en... micro-organismen.

Stromatolieten

Het team koos El Tatio omdat de omstandigheden daar erg lijken op die op Mars. Het geiserveld ligt meer dan 4.300 meter boven zeeniveau en zelfs in de zomer zakt het kwik 's nachts vaak onder het vriespunt, terwijl overdag veel ultraviolet licht door de dunne, droge lucht priemt.

De formaties op Mars lijken op stromatolieten die we kennen op Aarde. Dat zijn structuren die worden gevormd wanneer microben kolonies vormen in vochtige omgevingen en sediment vasthouden op hun kleverige deklagen. Die afzettingen reageren uiteindelijk op het calciumcarbonaat in het water en vormt zo hobbelige lagen kalksteen.

Organismen

Het onderzoek wees uit dat de omstandigheden in El Tatio afzettingen van silica(siliciumdioxide) produceren met kenmerken die van alle silica-afzettingen op Aarde het meeste op die van Mars lijken. Het feit dat microben een rol spelen bij de productie van de uitgesproken silicastructuren in El Tatio doet de mogelijkheid rijzen dat de silicastructuren op Mars werden gevormd op een vergelijkbare manier - met andere woorden, met de hulp van organismen die destijds leefden.

Echte zekerheid daarover is echter pas mogelijk wanneer stenen van Mars naar labo's op Aarde worden gebracht, schrijven de onderzoekers in Nature Communications. Astrofysicus Dan Brown van de Nottingham Trent University vraagt zich verder af of we niet botsen op de limieten van de Marslanders en -rovers, en of het niet nodig is om mensen naar Mars te sturen. "Aan de andere kant toont dit aan dat gegevens die werden verzameld tijdens missies 9 jaar geleden, nog altijd waardevolle resultaten kunnen opleveren."

Methaan

Onderzoekers hopen op Mars bewijzen voor buitenaards leven te vinden omdat de rode planeet ooit stromend water en een atmosfeer had. In december 2014 nam de Marslander Curiosity ook methaan waar, een gas dat op Aarde voor 90 procent wordt geproduceerd door levende organismen.

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Wiskundeprof berekent: "13 procent kans dat de mensheid het einde van de eeuw niet haalt" - HLN.be

Bron: The Independent

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Een wiskundige van de universiteit van Barcelona heeft berekend dat het wel eens vroeger met de mensheid gedaan zou kunnen zijn dan gehoopt. Volgens dokter Fergus Simpson van het Institute of Cosmos Sciences is er een kans van 1 op 500 dat de mens het komende jaar uitsterft en een kans van 13 procent dat dit voor het einde van de eeuw gebeurt.

De berekening is gebaseerd op het zogenaamde Doomsday Argument, dat het toekomstige aantal mensen kan voorspellen op basis van het aantal dat tot nu toe werd geboren. Volgens Simpson is er elk jaar van de 21ste eeuw een kans van ruim 0,2 procent dat er een wereldwijde catastrofe gebeurt. Hij schreef zijn bevindingen in een paper 'Apocalypse Now? Reviving the Doomsday Argument'. 

"In een tijd dat op zijn minst acht soevereine staten nucleaire wapens ter beschikking hebben, mogen we onze kop niet in het zand steken", aldus Simpson. "Misschien zullen we het onvermijdelijke niet kunnen afwenden, maar misschien kunnen we het wel uitstellen."  

Klimaatopwarming
Ook de klimaatopwarming kan een rol spelen. Nieuw onderzoek in het tijdschrift Science Advances waarschuwde er al voor dat als de mens fossiele brandstoffen blijft gebruiken, de temperatuur op aarde in één levensspanne tot zeven graden kan stijgen, met rampzalige gevolgen voor de mensheid.   

Volgens een rapport van Living Planet zou tussen 1970 en 2020 de populatie aan gewervelde dieren overigens al ingekrompen zijn tot een derde van de soorten. Dat zou gelijk staan aan een graad van uitsterven die honderd keer sneller gaat dan normaal.   

Positief
En dat zijn nog positieve inschattingen. Volgens een boek dat de Britse astronoom Sir Martin Rees schreef in 2003 is er een kans van 50 procent dat de mensheid 2100 niet haalt.  

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Bright Green UFO Footage Filmed Over Japan – Nov 2016

A mysterious green ‘UFO’ has been spotted over Japan, leaving a trail of sparks behind it as it travelled across the sky.

The green orb was seen in Niigata, in the north of the country, in the early hours of Monday morning.

The ‘UFO’ was captured by a Japanese television channel’s weather camera.

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UFO Sighting filmed over San Antonio, Texas – 25th January 2016

New video footage of an unknown craft with Bright Lights flying over San Antonio, Texas on 25th January 2016.

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Medellín the new Roswell? Colombian city becomes new UFO hotspot of sorts

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Medellin, Colombia UFO Sighting

Location: over Envigado near Medellin,Colombia
Date: November 6-2016 at 7:45 pm
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Witness report:

8 pulsing yelow V lights with a red at the center, no sound, moving very slow to the north. Two green lights at the end only detected in the PC after the sigtsing.

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NASA Cut Off Video Again To Hide The Truth on UFOs, Conspiracy Theorists Claim

A UFO was observed hurtling across the International Space Station before the live feed was cut off. The video was captured by the High Definition Earth Viewing Experiment (HDEV) from the ISS. It shows an amazing shot of the earth from space.

It wasn’t the first time NASA cut off a live feed after an appearance of a mystery UFO as similar action was done multiple times.

The video, which was uploaded online by ColdPyro, shows an apparent faint, silver object flying across the screen. On an initial look, the UFO was an interesting dot that looked like it was accelerating. When the UFO moved out of the frame, the live feed went off suddenly that followed by the familiar message “Please stand by.” The message also informed the HDEV is either switching cameras, or a temporary loss of signal is being experienced with the International Space Station.

Conspiracy theorists say that it is NASA’s common practice every time a UFO appears on the screen. Because of the space agency’s repetitive action, speculations of a cover-up are on the rise against ISS and NASA.

The video was taken from the official ISS channel, according to ColdPyro, who posted it online.

The UFO can be seen for about 5 seconds to the left of center in the frame. Then the video suddenly went into a blank blue screen.

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Ex-Chinese Government Official Confirms Aliens and UFOs Are Real

UFOs and aliens have been discussed in all walks of life for many decades. This year alone, there are hundreds of UFO sightings reported from different parts of the world, and some of them were from former government officials.

Now, a new claim has surfaced, this time from a former Chinese official who said some of UFO sightings could be real.

Shi-Li Sun, an ex-government diplomat in China, has created exciting news among alien UFO enthusiasts and researchers. The official shared some information during a disclosure hearing. He said that ET life and intelligent aliens are true.

He went on to say that government has substantial proof or evidence that aliens and UFOs have been here on Earth for many years. Shi-Li Sun’s disclosure took place at a recent Paradigm Research Group (PRG)’s UFO disclosure summit organized by Stephen Bassett.

The head of the World Chinese UFO Federation, Shi-Li Sun, claimed he, along with Chinese UFO scholars and researchers, has been studying all pieces of evidence for years. They concluded that UFOs and aliens are authentic.

According to reports, Shi-Li Sun has written various articles on the subject of UFOs and aliens, which have appeared in China’s Encyclopedia, edited by Shen Shituan, a prestigious Chinese scientist.

Shi-Li Sun once claimed that aliens have been here on Earth since many years ago and they are now living among humans. These aliens are difficult to recognize because they are disguised as humans, added Shi-Li.

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Mystery 'fireball' drops from the sky over Siberia in bizarre footage - thought to be a falling meteorite

The bizarre object suddenly flashed across the sky before rapidly falling and disappearing behind trees

BY KARA O'NEILL

This is the moment a bright ‘fireball’ was spotted falling from the sky.

The bizarre footage was captured on a dashcam in the region of Buryatia in Southern Siberia on October 25, 2016.

It shows the dazzling object shooting across the sky before disappearing behind some trees.

During the fall, the strange 'shooting star' appeared to be rapidly losing height.

The 'fireball' is reported to be a falling meteorite , with eyewitnesses reporting numerous sightings at around 7.30pm.

One person who saw the fireball said: “There was a sudden strange flash in the sky.

“Something had flown by as if it was a comet with a great tail.

“Luckily, no glass had shattered due to the fireball though, which is very good.”

Last week conspiracy theorists filmed two UFOs crossing the moon , thought to be getting ready to launch a military assault.

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According to an expert in the field, the two dark-coloured ships are shown in stark contrast against a bright white moon, seemingly flying side by side.

He wrote on his UFO Sightings Daily blog : “His editing software allows us to see its actual shape…a perfect saucer…two of them.

“There is no way these disks are satellites,” he adds, claiming that such manmade technology would not fly so close.

He added: “These are actual UFOs, flying in military style, because they are flying with a wingman to keep each other out of possible trouble."

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Life began on Earth when it 'collided with a planet similar to Mercury and ABSORBED it'

Scientists believe the core of that planet may have gone directly to the core of our planet, and the carbon-rich mantle mixed with Earth's mantle, providing the key to life

BY SAM BLEWETT

A huge collision 4.4billion years ago could be the key to life

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A massive collision between Earth and a planet similar to Mercury 4.4 billion years ago may have provided the key to life, researchers believe.

Scientists have long been stumped about how carbon-based life developed on Earth when much of the element should have either boiled away or become stored in its core.

But researchers at Rice University, in Texas, USA, found the element's presence outside of Earth's core may have been influenced by an interplanetary collision.

Dr Yuan Li, the study's lead author, said: "One popular idea has been that volatile elements like carbon, sulphur, nitrogen and hydrogen were added after Earth's core finished forming.

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"Any of those elements that fell to Earth in meteorites and comets more than about 100 million years after the solar system formed could have avoided the intense heat of the magma ocean that covered Earth up to that point.

"The problem with that idea is that while it can account for the abundance of many of these elements, there are no known meteorites that would produce the ratio of volatile elements in the silicate portion of our planet."

The study - published in Nature Geoscience - began in late 2013 when Dr Rajdeep Dasgupta and his team asked whether carbon, the basis of all life on earth, came from a neighbouring planet.

They mapped out relative concentrations of carbon that would arise under various levels of sulphur and silicon enrichment.

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The experiments revealed carbon could be excluded from the planet's core, and relegated to a layer closer to the surface, if the iron alloys in the core were rich in either silicon or sulphur.

Dr Dasgupta said: "One scenario that explains the carbon-to-sulphur ratio and carbon abundance is that an embryonic planet like Mercury, which had already formed a silicon-rich core, collided with and was absorbed by Earth.

"Because it's a massive body, the dynamics could work in a way that the core of that planet would go directly to the core of our planet, and the carbon-rich mantle would mix with Earth's mantle.

"In this paper, we focused on carbon and sulphur.

"Much more work will need to be done to reconcile all of the volatile elements, but at least in terms of the carbon-sulphur abundances and the carbon-sulphur ratio, we find this scenario could explain Earth's present carbon and sulphur budgets."

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Giant fireball sparks UFO fears as meteor streaks across sky in Florida

Dashcam footage captured the moment the huge bright light hurtled towards Earth before exploding in a flash

BY NATALIE EVANS

This is the startling moment a huge fireball ripped across the sky in Florida.

Stunned residents caught the giant bright light on camera as it streaked through the night sky across the US state on Monday night.

The footage shows the moment the unidentified fireball approaches Earth and finally explodes in a flash.

The celestial spectacle spooked some local residents into calling the police amid fears ALIENS were invading.

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Dashcam footage from Venice police officer Seth Kenny caught the first video of the meteor at 11.17pm.

The second video was recorded on the security camera of Largo residents Christopher and Laura Scruby.

Police cruisers in North Port, on the southwestern coast of Florida, also caught the fireball on video.

The flash was so bright the evening sky lit up as though it was daylight.

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Poking fun at theories of alien invasion, the police department posted the clip with the closing caption: "At least we know that we come in peace."

The American Meteor Society (AMS) has received over 150 reports about the fireball that was mainly seen from Florida, but was also witnessed in Georgia and Alabama.

According to AMS, a fireball is an extremely bright meteor.

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