We've discovered that ancient Mars had regions which we call habitable
Which means places where life might have begun
But even if it was never there, we believe that we have a second planet in the solar system, the first being Earth, where life might have developed
And I think that the fundamental new information about the planet is our conviction that it's a habitable planet
Our mission is called Stardust
In part because we believe some of the particles of the comet
Will in fact be older than the sun
On January 15th
The Stardust mission will bring back to Earth the very first sample collected from a comet
On January 15th
This is a fantastic opportunity
To collect the most primitive materials in the solar system
Our mission is called Stardust
Our mission is called Stardust
In part because we believe some of the particles of the comet
Will in fact be older than the sun
On January 15th
The Stardust mission will bring back to Earth the very first sample collected from a comet
Down, straight down, heading straight for
1.5 degrees per second max, 1.2 G's
Touchdown we have touchdown, we're landing good
All the previous spacecraft that have been flown there, either to study the sun or solar wind, cosmic rays, or to study planets, have been restricted to the solar equator
But it's been known for a long time, since there very start of the space age that there would be a great deal of benefit in being able to make three dimensional measurements basically to escape out of the solar equator
Find out what's going on in regions which are very difficult to study, and so it was decided to use this mission to do that
Our mission is called Stardust
In part because, we believe some of the particles of the comet
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On January 15th
On January 15th
The Stardust mission will bring back to Earth the very first sample collected from a comet