Meteors hit Mars and humans record their sounds
Captured by NASA thanks to one of its semi-rovers on the Red Planet
A picture of the robotic spacecraft "Mars in Sight Lander" in action on the surface of the Red Planet (NASA)
It is a rare scientific breakthrough, and it may recall the achievement of humans walking on the surface of the moon in 1969. In advance, some difference is that this time it is more about robots than humans, and this is a paradox worthy of contemplation.
From the ripples of the air and the vibrations of rocks and dirt, the robotic Mars in Sight Lander was able to record the sounds of meteors impacting the surface of Mars , for the first time in the history of humans' relationship with the Red Planet. In a detailed story presented by the newspaper "The Independent", it clearly appears that the spacecraft that NASA placed on the surface of the red planet in March 2018, had picked up the air ripples that carried the sound of meteorites hitting the surface of Mars.
This reminds that the space agency itself previously stated that sound travels at two different speeds on Mars, which sheds light on part of the natural and technical difficulties that NASA scientists have been able to overcome in this historic achievement.
The Independent also did not fail to draw attention to the fact that it is the first time that humans have recorded the sounds of meteorites impacting on the surface of a planet other than the globe on which they live.
By extension, this achievement most likely reminds that humans walked for the first time on an "earth" other than the surface of the blue planet, when the late astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped on the fragile lunar soil on July 20, 1969. More than half a century later, humans captured Sounds of meteors hitting a planet other than Earth.
Quoting a research paper published by Geo Science magazine [literally, geosciences] that is part of the famous science website “Nature”, the article that wrote about this achievement in the “Independent” indicated that capturing the sounds of meteorites hitting the hard surface of our planet, A rare event, especially since what was recorded on Mars also included recording the ultra-thin vibrations that were generated by the impact of meteorites on the surface of Mars. According to "The Independent", observing the ripples of the Martian surface enabled NASA scientists to determine the locations of meteorites impacting the surface of the Red Planet.
And by extension, it is expected that the analysis of these "double" Martian sounds, meaning airborne and rock vibrations, will deepen scientists' knowledge of the nature of the geological formation of Mars , according to "The Independent".
To clarify, the sounds of meteorite impacts traveled at a speed exceeding the known scientific speed of sound, but they are also delicate and ultra-accurate ripples that would not have been easy to detect, had it not been for the great development in the instruments carried by the "Mars in Sight Lander" spacecraft.
According to The Independent, the InSightlander robotic vehicle belongs to the category of fixed vehicles on the surface, rather than an automated roving vehicle. The vehicle, whose name is derived from an acronym derived from describing its work as “Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport,” carries tools for monitoring geological formations [this is called seismic surveying] and heat-sensing machines. It is designed to collect and analyze information about the interior of Mars, according to The Independent.
Humans walked on a space body other than their land, and recorded the sounds of meteors impacting a space body that was not their land. It is more likely that it will quickly come to mind that walking on the moon was made by human feet, while the recording of the sounds of meteors bombing on Mars was taken by the “ears” of the robot, because the “In Sight Lander” spacecraft is nothing but a robotic machine powered by artificial intelligence. Perhaps these things bring to mind many things, including the anxious and ambiguous future of the relationship between human civilization and artificial intelligence and its machines, robots and tools.
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