The story unfolds with India planning to send in a rover mission to Mars following Mangalyaan 1's success. Mangalyaan-1 circled Mars 3 times and covered most of the areas and sent back some baffling pictures.
Of interest is a huge white colour powder lake and a rock formation which has many cave like formation. Oxygen levels have been shown to be high in those areas.
Mangalyaan-1 flew close to the area lastly and sent out the last signal before it stopped sending data. But its inbuilt signaling system still works and sends in a beep every 3 seconds on its position. The area was christened as 'sagar15' the number indicating the year.
Meanwhile, on earth, the Indian Space Program Agency (ISPA) and Chinese Extra Terrestial Research Agency (CETRA) are in a race to send in manned space mission to Mars.
India wants to send in another robotic rover mission near 'Sagar15' the last signalled place in mars to identify more data on the suspecious rock formation and the un-explained lake of white powder.
Mangalyaan-2 - the robotic mission takes off in the year 2016 and reaches martian atmosphere, with the help of baloons and landing rockets, the rover is successfully landed on Mars's surface.
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Using the inbuilt camera, the ground team pans across and watches for the first time Martian surface from ground zero.
1 hour after the initial adjustments were made, the rover's antenaa is tuned on - it picks up the 3 second signal from Mangalyaan-1, and reaches the spot.
There the rover discovers the remains of Mangalyaan-1 - whose top cover was crushed and the side cameras shattered.
The rover zooms in and sends in the pictures from Mangalyaan-1 - picks up the battery for its use- the ground team discuss that the cause of mangalyaan-1's demise might be because of a strong martian storm.
While the rover was recharing its batteries, it hears some rocks falling behind and points its camera and pans the area where the rocks seemed to be falling. Finding nothing there, it keeps moving in the direction of the 'sagar15'.
The rover needs to cross a small hillock to reach the other side of the rock formation to reach to 'sagar15'. Just when it tries to cross by its left side, the climate suddenly changes
and a huge dust storm starts to reach near the rover.
Mission control on earth decide to bring the rover to safety by parking it beneath the cave like formations in the rocks.
Once inside the cave like formation - the sand storm sweeps outside - the rover's gas finder probe detects increased oxygen levels in the cave - and the mission control give instructions to explore the cave system.
The rover suddenly detects some movements nearby and pans its camera again on the outside - but again could not find anything.
The rover once again switches on its flash lights and ventures into the cave system - it finds a green liquid and a blue moss formation on the walls of the cave.
Mission control on earth give command to test samples of the blue moss.
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The rover tests the picks up a sample and starts analyzing, when suddenly the small rock pieces start to fall behind the rover. The rover pans across to see in the direction and suddenly with a huge thud, the camera is shattered and mission control hears of a huge rock trashing on the surface of the rover - effectively destroying further command module access. But the rover finally sends in some important data about the blue moss that it analyzed.
It turns out that the blue moss is the rare free radical - 'Unobtainium' - which is thought to be the cure for many viral diseases and cancer. Its molecular structure can also be changed to make it a biological weapon. Hence starts the race for obtaining this rare mineral from mars.
To be continued..
Of interest is a huge white colour powder lake and a rock formation which has many cave like formation. Oxygen levels have been shown to be high in those areas.
Mangalyaan-1 flew close to the area lastly and sent out the last signal before it stopped sending data. But its inbuilt signaling system still works and sends in a beep every 3 seconds on its position. The area was christened as 'sagar15' the number indicating the year.
Meanwhile, on earth, the Indian Space Program Agency (ISPA) and Chinese Extra Terrestial Research Agency (CETRA) are in a race to send in manned space mission to Mars.
India wants to send in another robotic rover mission near 'Sagar15' the last signalled place in mars to identify more data on the suspecious rock formation and the un-explained lake of white powder.
Mangalyaan-2 - the robotic mission takes off in the year 2016 and reaches martian atmosphere, with the help of baloons and landing rockets, the rover is successfully landed on Mars's surface.
Using the inbuilt camera, the ground team pans across and watches for the first time Martian surface from ground zero.
1 hour after the initial adjustments were made, the rover's antenaa is tuned on - it picks up the 3 second signal from Mangalyaan-1, and reaches the spot.
There the rover discovers the remains of Mangalyaan-1 - whose top cover was crushed and the side cameras shattered.
The rover zooms in and sends in the pictures from Mangalyaan-1 - picks up the battery for its use- the ground team discuss that the cause of mangalyaan-1's demise might be because of a strong martian storm.
While the rover was recharing its batteries, it hears some rocks falling behind and points its camera and pans the area where the rocks seemed to be falling. Finding nothing there, it keeps moving in the direction of the 'sagar15'.
The rover needs to cross a small hillock to reach the other side of the rock formation to reach to 'sagar15'. Just when it tries to cross by its left side, the climate suddenly changes
and a huge dust storm starts to reach near the rover.
Mission control on earth decide to bring the rover to safety by parking it beneath the cave like formations in the rocks.
Once inside the cave like formation - the sand storm sweeps outside - the rover's gas finder probe detects increased oxygen levels in the cave - and the mission control give instructions to explore the cave system.
The rover suddenly detects some movements nearby and pans its camera again on the outside - but again could not find anything.
Mission control on earth give command to test samples of the blue moss.
The rover tests the picks up a sample and starts analyzing, when suddenly the small rock pieces start to fall behind the rover. The rover pans across to see in the direction and suddenly with a huge thud, the camera is shattered and mission control hears of a huge rock trashing on the surface of the rover - effectively destroying further command module access. But the rover finally sends in some important data about the blue moss that it analyzed.
It turns out that the blue moss is the rare free radical - 'Unobtainium' - which is thought to be the cure for many viral diseases and cancer. Its molecular structure can also be changed to make it a biological weapon. Hence starts the race for obtaining this rare mineral from mars.
To be continued..
