AP-8 (Arcadia Planitia) appears to be one of the safest sites and has the highest neutron and combined SWIM scores for ice.EM-16 has a clear association with an LDA with nearby brain terrain and the strongest radar return for shallow ice and the highest combined SWIM score of the Erebus Montes sites.It has the highest combined SWIM score for ice, but appears slightly rocky and rough AP-9 has the thickest ice from radar returns (of the Arcadia Planitia sites) and geomorphology indicating shallow ice.AP-1 (Arcadia Planitia) appears to be one of the safest sites and has a moderate combined SWIM score for ice.PM-1 has the lowest latitude and elevation of the Phlegra Montes sites, a clear association with LDAs (local ice deposits expressed as lobate debris aprons), well developed polygons (one of the indicators of ice-related morphologies), and has the highest SWIM (Subsurface Water Ice Mapping) score for geomorphic indicators of ice.Recently an abstract with the conclusions has been published (the results of the study will be presented in two weeks, at the 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference), pointing out 4 prime and 3 secondary potential Starship landing sites selected for further study and located in Phlegra Montes, Erebus Montes and Southern Arcadia Planitia: landing site must be radar reflective to enable measurement of the distance to the surface, and it must be load bearing to support the spacecraft at touchdown.slopes should be multiple separate landing locations spaced within a few km of each other, to support the multiple missions needed to grow an outpost.latitude must be elevation below -2 km (with respect to the MOLA geoid) that can support the delivery of large payloads, with -3 km preferred.close to significant deposits of water/ice, a required resource for in situ propellant production and a consumable to support habitation.Since then SpaceX has conducted several workshops with the Mars science community to evaluate and narrow the list of candidate landing sites. The candidate sites were located in Southern Arcadia Planitia East of Erebus Montes and one in Phlegra Montes. On September 2019 it was revealed SpaceX has selected several Starship candidate landing sites on Mars. Here is a collection with HD images from the Martian scenes in season 5 of The Expanse (open link in new tab to view in full resolution). In Martian scenes of season 5 the show focuses on depicting Asteria Naval Base (or Asteria NB) which is a military base and war college of the Martian Congressional Republic Navy (MCRN). Martian society had been highly mobilized towards the shared goal of terraforming Mars for over a century but in season 4 that shared goal and order of the Martian society was starting to erode as the new habitable planets beyond the rings were discovered and people realized they could build a new home there without the costly need of terraformation. Mars, governed by Martian Congressional Republic, is a militaristic and technologically advanced society of over nine billion inhabitants. Mars is one of the three competing powers in universe of The Expanse TV series - a political sci-fi drama set a few centuries in the future where humans have colonized the entire Solar system. So here is a collection of HD images from season 1 with a focus on US Jamestown lunar base at the rim of Shackleton Crater near the lunar South pole where water ice is discovered in 1970 (several decades earlier than in reality): We will feature season 2 here after it will be aired completely. It was said each season of the show will jump about a decade further into the increasingly diverging reality of the show. The series are in the middle of season 2 now depicting the alternate 1983. Season 1 of the series (aired in 2019) depicts events from 1969 to 1974 in the alternate timeline of For All Mankind. Pouring money and resources into space exploration creates an atmosphere every space nerd would have wanted to continue after the enthusiastic 1960s. ![]() The authors of the show speculate such an event would force US to double down on space exploration altering the Apollo program from "flags and footprints" approach to a more ambitious one with extensive infrastructure buildup on the Moon (with hints of Mars exploration in later seasons of the show). ![]() For All Mankind is alternate history sci-fi TV series depicting what could have happened if the space race had never ended after the Soviet Union succeeds in the first crewed Moon landing ahead of the United States in 1969.
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