It is estimated that 7 tons of garbage left on Mars by man.
Kagri Kalik, a Mars Rover researcher at the University of West Virginia in the United States, wrote an article on this analysis through House Tough Works on the 22nd (local time).
“In August of this year, NASA discovered fragments of garbage that were generated during the landing of the Mars Perseverance rover,” said Kalik.
He explained that humans have spent more than 50 years exploring the surface of Mars, sending a total of 18 objects, including spacecraft, to Mars. In the process, various types of garbage were generated.
According to Kalik, there are three main types of garbage on Mars. Hardware, including discarded debris and a spacecraft that crashed while landing, a spacecraft now inactive.
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In fact, numerous fragments are generated in the spacecraft due to the impact it receives upon entering and landing in the atmosphere of Mars. These fragments are blown away by the warm Martian winds from the landing site.
Kalik stated that these fragments can be considered historical relics rather than mere junk.
“If you add up the weight of all the spacecraft sent to Mars so far, you get about 22,000 pounds (9,979 kg). By subtracting the weight of the spacecraft operating on the surface, you are left with about 15,694 pounds (7,119 kg).) Of debris.” he said.
Meanwhile, NASA is documenting all the debris found on the surface of Mars. Scientists are looking into the possibility that these fragments could cause problems, such as contamination of collected samples.
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