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Tue. 12/20 - Wind Power for Human Habitats on Mars?

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Could wind be the dark horse in the hunt for power sources for human habitats on Mars? Plus, the first-ever recording of a dust devil on Mars, and a goodbye to a beloved Martian explorer. And Google unveils the most-searched word of the year. I’ll give you a hint: it’s a six-letter word about five-letter words that sold to the New York Times for a “low seven figures.” Sponsors: Rocket Money, Cancel your unnecessary subscriptions at RocketMoney.com/COOL Links: NASA says wind could power human missions on Mars (Washington Post) Wind Power on Mars Can Power Human Habitats, Scientists Discover (VICE) This overlooked resource could be the key to powering a Mars colony (Inverse) Assessment of wind energy resource potential for future human missions to Mars (Nature Astronomy)  Listen to The Sound of a Dust Devil Churning Across Mars (ScienceAlert) Why not install wipers on Mars landers? (Swapna Krishna, Twitter) Wordle is the most-searched term on Google in 2022 (CNN) This year’s roundup of the top Google searches includes super local trends (The Verge) Year in Search 2022: See the top trending searches of the year (Google)  Local Year in Search 2022 (Google)  Josh Wardle Is on the 2022 TIME 100 List (TIME) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20th 22 i'm jackson bird today could wind be the dark horse in the hunt for power sources for human

0:36.2

habitats on mars plus the first ever recording sources for human habitats on Mars.

0:38.3

Plus, the first ever recording of a dust devil on Mars and a goodbye to a beloved Martian explorer.

0:46.2

And Google unveils the most searched for word of the year.

0:51.5

I'll give you a hint.

0:53.4

It's a six-letter word, about five-letter words,

0:56.7

that sold the New York Times for a low seven figures. Here's some cool stuff for your ride

1:03.4

home. In 1977, a dust storm on Mars provided NASA's Viking 2 with enough data for scientists to determine

1:15.8

that the wind speed on the red planet was too weak to ever be harnessed as a viable source of

1:22.4

energy. The atmosphere on Mars is thin, very thin. It's about 1% the density of Earths. And that low

1:31.1

atmospheric density reduces the force associated with winds. But a new study published yesterday in

1:37.3

the journal Nature Astronomy says that's not the whole story. Lead author and postdoctoral

1:42.6

fellow at NASA's Ames Research Center,

1:44.7

Victoria Hartwick, says it's more complicated when you consider the planet overall, in different

1:51.0

places, around different land features, and at different times of the Martian year. When all of that

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