Citizen Science: Join the search for Martian clouds

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Scientists need your help identifying clouds high above the surface of the red planet. The goal is figuring out where Mars’ water went.

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0:00.0	It's a nice day for cloud spotting on Mars, this week on Planetary Radio.
0:11.6	Welcome.
0:12.6	I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our solar
0:17.5	system and beyond.
0:19.6	Mars used to be so wet.
0:22.0	We've learned it still has lots of water below the surface, but nothing like it had a few
0:26.3	billion years ago.
0:28.3	Where did it go?
0:29.8	Scientists are still trying to solve that mystery.
0:32.8	A new piece of the puzzle is being provided by a project that needs you.
0:37.9	NASA Jet Propulsion Lab scientist Armand Klein-Bole and Merrick Slipski will tell us about their
0:43.4	new Citizen Science project called Cloud Spotting on Mars.
0:48.6	Later on this somewhat abbreviated show, we'll check in with the Chief Scientist of
0:52.9	the Planetary Society.
0:54.7	Bruce Betts has good news and bad news about this year's Percy and Meteor Shower, but
1:00.1	the new space trivia contest will keep us in the plus column.
1:04.2	Mars is also at the top of the July 20 edition of the downlink, the Planetary Society's
1:09.8	Free Weekly Newsletter.
1:12.4	It's a false color image from the Mars reconnaissance orbiter, or MRO, the same spacecraft that supports
1:19.1	the Cloud Spotting project.
1:21.4	This pretty picture uses color to help us understand how wind has sculpted the Martian
1:27.5	surface.
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