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The Challenges NASA has of getting to Mars on Target [VIDEO]

jpl.nasa.gov — How does the team target a landing spot on Mars (a moving target) over the 420 million miles away? It is very similar to the sport of archery, but imagine standing on earth and hitting a target on Mars and you have to get a bulls eye and your arrow is a 250 ton spacecraft, this video explains it.

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  • Uglakaa, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2This is a good video to help kids (or all ages) understand how a space ship from earth is guided to another planet. As a homeschooling mom I appreciate stuff like this. Keep this type of shout comming.
    ShellyB
  • Skiwoman, on 05/17/2008, -0/+0Why do we search for habitable regions? I can't understand this goal. We have a wonderful world and I'd propose leave our lives as they are. We have already enough trouble...

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