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Why go to Mars?
It is a challenge that we are facing and that we can meet. It is also taking our first step towards the stars. Of course we have to send men who are the best of our machines.
- A huge potential of opportunities
- A place of research to better understand the Universe and the Earth
- Sending robots is good, going ourselves is better
How to go to Mars?
Access difficulty is a challenge that stimulates inventiveness; the matter is sending a maximum of sophisticated equipment, miniaturized to the limit, so that their mass is the lowest possible while remaining as reliable as possible for an acceptable cost.
- High performing and reliable launchers
- Technology in constant progress
- Miniaturization pushed to the extreme
A few figures on Mars
Distance Earth to Mars: 56 to 400 million km
Orbital period: 669.6 “sols” or 686.7 terrestrial days
Average diameter: 6780 km; surface area 144 million km2
Mass: 1/10th that of the Earth
Atmospheric pressure at datum: 610 pascals
Extreme temperatures, + 20°C / -140°C