{"id":27430,"date":"2018-12-02T11:27:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T11:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=27430"},"modified":"2018-12-02T11:27:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T11:27:42","slug":"17-million-seconds-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/17-million-seconds-to-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"17 million seconds to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Insight into whether Mars will become our new home is underway!\u00a0<\/span>Humanity is a step closer to discovering its mysteries through their InSight mission. Nearly a century ago man made their fist steps on the Moon &#8211; How long will it take men to mark their first step in Mars?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From its launch, the mission took 205 days to complete; not considering pre-launch technical issues.<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a0Immense calculations and pre-programming went into the InSight aircraft, expanding the achievements of the human race. The next steps will define the security and understanding of Mars and its atmosphere, and\u00a0<\/span>whether<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a0or not we can live on Mars. A Nasa\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/insight\/timeline\/overview\/\">overview<\/a>\u00a0tells the story of how all of this came to be:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/to-the-moon-and-beyond\/\">See also: To the moon and beyond<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27445 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Screenshot-2018-11-30-at-13.02.48.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27454 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Screenshot-2018-11-30-at-13.07.12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"429\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27449 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Screenshot-2018-11-30-at-13.03.25.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"798\" height=\"398\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27451 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Screenshot-2018-11-30-at-13.03.37.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the next couple of weeks NASA will continue to investigate and update the public with new information. Will we be able to live on the moon? And will Elon Musk be the first Mars resident (as he told Axios on HBO)?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Mariana Husek Maestro | Subbing: Maria Campuzano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hSGFevBk6r\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/one-way-ticket-to-mars\/\">One way ticket to Mars<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;One way ticket to Mars&#8221; &#8212; Voice of London\" src=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/one-way-ticket-to-mars\/embed\/#?secret=Qex2OapnwP#?secret=hSGFevBk6r\" data-secret=\"hSGFevBk6r\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insight into whether Mars will become our new home is underway!\u00a0Humanity is a step closer to discovering its mysteries through their InSight mission. 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