The methane has been found on Mars by NASA. But it can be from space, or from organisms, what has died the long time ago.

Curiosity-rover

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Kimmo Huosionmaa

There have been found methane on Mars, but that would not necessarily mean, that there would be found living bacteria. The gas might come from the bacteria, what have been dead the long time ago, and the gas might be stored inside the Martian landscape. Another change would be that the Methane and carbon are from the space, and dropped to the Mars with the meteorites. The methane would be the more interesting thing than free carbon because of this chemical combination forms on Earth mainly by the organic material rotten in the anaerobic conditions. And the carbon is one of the basic elements of nature. That element is found on the asteroid belt, and there have been found asteroids, what are pure carbon. Those asteroids are very uncommon particles in the group of little planets.


Actually the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos are only known that sized carbon asteroids, what are like diamonds, but carbon asteroids are actually very abnormal in that area. Some persons believe, that they are formed the organic material, what was blown to space when the asteroid hit to that planet. The carbon is the base element for life-form like us, but there are also stars, what is forming of this element. Some white dwarf stars are forming carbon, and they are like giant diamonds because the carbon has been stunned soo tight when the star has been destroyed in nova-explosion, where the outer layer would be pushed to space. Little bit bigger star would end the life as the supernova, and the result would be Neutron star.

Suspected Martian bacteria fossils on meteorite at Antarctica
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But when we would get back to Mars, we can think that there would be the connection between seasons and methane release, the reason for that might be, that during the summer the surface of that planet would be getting warmer, and then there would be released more methane than in winter, and that would explain the increase of the methane flow. And in this case, there have been lifeforms on Mars, but then some meteorite hit to that planet, what lost its atmosphere, and probably the major part of the lithosphere have been blown to space.


Those organisms were quite simple bacteria, what could be forming to the intelligent life without that meteorite. But some scientists have given the idea, that planet Mars have faced two mass destructions. The first one destroyed the lithosphere of the planet, and if there would be some complicated organisms on that planet, they would be blown to space with the lithosphere, what has been lost, and that would be killed almost all of the animals and other organisms on that planet.


The gas pressure decreased, and the planet became very hostile for the living. And the final seal for the mass destruction would be the second hit of the meteorite, what caused that the rest of atmosphere was lost in space, and the ultraviolet radiation would destroy the rest of those organisms. But still is change, that some very strong ark-bacteria would live somewhere in the Red Planet. And maybe that organism would seem like the cyanobacterium on Earth. Who knows, what kind of sensation, we would meet on that planet.


https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/7/17434718/nasa-curiosity-rover-mars-methane-seasonal-cycle-microbes-life

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-finds-ancient-organic-material-mysterious-methane-on-mars


Picture I

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Picture II

https://www.space.com/33690-allen-hills-mars-meteorite-alien-life-20-years.html

How to make RC-hobby more interesting? (Use of miniaturized technology in military and scientific operations)

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Kimmo Huosionmaa

We all know about RC-cars. Those small remote controlled vehicles are a good hobby for some teenager or elder person. But if you want to get more about that thing, you just need one cell phone and take a video call, and now you can control your RC-vehicle even if you are not in visual contact with it. As the reader might already know that thing is simple, put cellphone where is a program for video call to RC-car and you can use other cellphones to see where you can drive.


Only thing what you must remember is remote controllers operative radius, and that will make your hobby simpler. Using "find my phone"-action you might see where you RC-car is going. But if you want to make your RC-car faster, just put there RC-airplanes combustion motor and servomotor what will use a carburetor. That small machine can replace gas pedal in this system.


Those kind of stuff are free to buy from net or hobbyists shops, and any person who is over 18 is allowed to buy a cellphone. If you want to make more fast RC-car, you just might want to make a hybrid vehicle, where combustion engine uses a small generator, what is connected to a small electric motor. Why electric motors make cars faster than combustion motors if they have enough electricity is that electric motor is rotating, and that's why it can have higher radial speed than combustion engine what uses to and from moving pistons. Most modern military intelligence equipment is also a size of RC-cars. Their mission is like more well-known flying drones, but that kind of tiny robot cars can go to tunnels and investigate them.


Those robots use inertial navigation system for record them the route, and if they lose communication to headquarters they can drive back, and retry communication. Those little cars can deliver their operation area by flying drones, and they can also carry small but effective explosives, like small HEAT-warheads or Fuel-air explosives. That new type of remote-controlled combat vehicles has a basis in German "Goliath" miniature tank. They drive under a tank or other target and shoot this shell to bottom of it. Or they can drive to ammunition warehouse and explode themselves in there.


NASA would also be interested in that kind of miniature recon vehicles, what could send to other planets to investigate their icy moons and surfaces. Those RC-car style systems will use state of art artificial intelligence and networked computing when they investigate other planets and moons surfaces. Technology is same as working with autonomous nano size helicopters. For electricity, those systems might use cesium-batteries for long-term operations. Those systems basis in technology where they can deliver their computer resources to another part of that group.


Those systems might be a hybrid, and if the target is Titan, there might operate both kinds of vehicles. Helicopters what can carry those probes what operates that moons surface. And even if those systems are not so sophisticated than Mars roves they can cover more of that moon surface than one single big rover. And if NASA loses one vehicle it will not put the mission at risk.