Saturday, 15 July 2017

For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun

Geometry of Mars Solar Conjunction

This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the sun, from Earth's perspective, causing curtailed communications between Earth and Mars.





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