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Small Steps to Giant Leaps
April 23 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm BST
$2.88
mall Steps to Giant Leaps:
Deciphering the glacial history of Mars in preparation for human missions
More than 50 years after humans first stepped on the Moon, planning is underway for humanity’s next ‘giant leap’ to Mars. It is a little-known fact that ice is abundant on Mars, and is a prime target for the first missions by human explorers. In this lecture, join me - a planetary glaciologist – on a visual tour of icy landscapes on Mars, as we explore how current missions are revealing the diversity, origins and histories of Mars’ glaciers and ice deposits, and the exciting scientific advances future missions could make by visiting them
Our Speaker Francis Butcher is a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the School of Geography and Planning at Sheffield. A planetary scientist and glacial geomorphologist. Francis uses data from satellites orbiting Mars to analyse the landscapes generated by past and present glaciers on the Red Planet.
