Life On Mars
For example I never thought I’d be able to help NASA with their research of Mars through a website.
Recently NASA have realised they simply don’t have the manpower and hours to look through all the photographs sent back from Mars by spacecraft since the 1960’s so they have created a website where you – the public – can ‘be a martian’ and look through the landscapes for anything interesting. You can explore Mars from home.
They call this technique of using the public for scientific research (or I guess any research) crowdsourcing. To me this is a great opportunity. The site is a lot of fun and to be part of the great scientific moments of our time is amazing.
Not only is this a chance to get a few more eyes on the project but also to inspire the scientists of tomorrow. We need, as planet to get the kids into science. We’re more aware of things than ever before, but knowing facts is not enough encouraging a curious and hopeful character is what we need for the future. So go be a Martian – then we can go swimming on the Moon…
Also the TV series Life on Mars was fantastic. Perhaps Martians will look like this…
