The samples could help future humans visiting Mars.
Although the majority of the samples Perseverance collects throughout its mission will be rock cores that could contain the telltale signs of life, scientists have determined that regolith samples like these could be key to understanding the geological processes that have shaped Mars.
Additionally, regolith samples could help scientists plan for future space missions and mitigate the challenges astronauts could eventually face on the Martian surface. This is because regolith can affect a wide variety of equipment, from energy-gathering solar panels to the spacesuits worn by astronauts.
However, it's also possible that Martian regolith could actually be an important resource for crewed space missions to Mars that target longer stays and sustainability in space, since the fine material could be packed against habitats to help shield humans against the harsh solar radiation that streams down to the surface of Mars, which isn't protected by aBefore anyone gets too excited about this approach, however, scientists need to know whether Martian regolith contains perchlorate,...
Hence the interest in Martian regolith and the effort to include the material in the collection Perseverance is building for the proposedbeing developed by NASA and the European Space Agency to bring the rover's collection to Earth. Here, scientists could study the regolith in greater detail in labs with more sensitive and powerful equipment than the chemical analysis instruments robots can carry to the Red Planet.
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