If ever beings from space visit the red planet, they will find more human evidence than Martian evidence.
The human being He has been leaving his home for almost 50 years. imprint on mars. We are not referring only to the space vehicles and probes that have approached the red planet, but also to the trash that we have been accumulating on its surface, coming from different landings and devices that have dared to visit our neighboring planet. As stated by the postdoctoral researcher Cagri Kilic in the article published in the Space medium, we have carried 18 objects to Mars, in 14 missionsbut along the way we have been leaving our mark, not too good, on Mars.
Making Mars the furthest landfill on our planet
Previously, in an article published here in Urban Tecno, we had already shown you part of the waste that POT has been leaving on the surface of the red planet, as you can see in the image that we show you below these lines. It is now when we discover the data and the harsh reality. If you add the dough of the vehicles sent to Mars, almost 10 tonsand subtract the weight of the appliances that are found operative currently almost 3 tonsyou will see that there are more than 7 tons of garbage deposited on the surface of a planet that supports our ‘visits’ with integrity.
This type of trashwhich could well be called technological remains, comes from three places: hardware that is no longer used, ships that are found inactive Y ships that crashed against the surface. Furthermore, an important part of the missions that aim to reach the surface of Mars is the design of the ship protection at the time of landing, which also ends up forming part of the 7 tons of accumulated garbage.
Currently, there is 9 idle vehicles In mars. There are 6 landers resting: Mars 6, Viking 1, Viking 2, Beagle 2, Phoenix. While it should also be added to the rover that can no longer move through the red terrain, these being Sojourner, Opportunity and Spirit. In addition to the accumulation of garbage on Mars, one of the big problems posed by debris is that subsequent missions will have to deal with small fragments in their displacements and, even, that some may contaminate rock samples that are going to be picked up.
Mars should be a virgin planet to explore, but currently, as we have told you in Urban Tecno, we do not stop finding mysteries such as the being with a thousand antennas, strange filaments in the Perseverance rover and strange alien material. Our footprint goes far beyond the Earth.