Soil Sensing on Mars with Drs. Doug Cobos and Colin Campbell

Field, Lab, Earth

In 2008, NASA launched their Phoenix Lander to take measurements on Mars. This episode, Drs. Doug Cobos and Colin Campbell talk about their experiences working with NASA and the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), what they were measuring, and what their data can tell us about Mars.

Tune in to learn:

• The challenges involved in creating sensors for extraterrestrial environments
• What measurements NASA wanted to learn
• The difficulties of remote controlling devices on Mars
• What their results tell us about Mars

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Resources

CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Security/Sign-In?returnurl=%2fLearning-Center%2fCourses%2fCourse-Detail%3fproductid%3d%257b7D1DFD16-76C2-EC11-8143-B5A95104D3D2%257d

Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/0aD-qtUJqM-Xz0_iXf0EhrCHOt8W84m9ckBbsjQ6zwZgp7QlgYgYlP7vIFL7zzI0eTgXmQQTusx2rGzHxWP353wUSR0?loadFrom=SharedLink

We Measure the World podcast: https://www.metergroup.com/en/meter-environment/podcast?utm_source=asa&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=wmtw&utm_campaign=ENV+2020+ASA+Field+Lab+Earth+Podcast+Sponsorship

Measuring Mars METER Webinar: https://www.metergroup.com/en/meter-environment/webinars/measuring-mars

Phoenix pictures from Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html

NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/

AGU Planetary Science group: https://connect.agu.org/planetarysciences/home

NASA’s call for proposals: https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-proposal-calls

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