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Nasa and Microsoft have launched an interactive website that allows users to explore the planet Mars.
The Be a Martian website allows members of the public to help scientists perform research tasks such as improving maps of the red planet.
"We're at a point in history where everyone can be an explorer," Doug McCuistion, director of Nasa's Mars Exploration Program, said.
"With so much data coming back from Mars missions that are accessible by all, exploring Mars has become a shared human endeavour.
"People worldwide can expand the specialised efforts of a few hundred Mars mission team members and make authentic contributions of their own," he added.
Users can, for example, count craters on Mars, a task Nasa said had posed a challenge in the past because of the vast numbers involved.
"The collaboration of thousands of participants could help scientists produce far better maps," Nasa and Microsoft said in a joint statement.
"There's so much data coming back from Mars. Having a wider crowd look at the data, classify it and help understand its meaning is very important," said Michelle Viotti, director of Mars Public Outreach at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
"We're also accomplishing something important for Nasa."
The Be a Martian website allows members of the public to help scientists perform research tasks such as improving maps of the red planet.
"We're at a point in history where everyone can be an explorer," Doug McCuistion, director of Nasa's Mars Exploration Program, said.
"With so much data coming back from Mars missions that are accessible by all, exploring Mars has become a shared human endeavour.
"People worldwide can expand the specialised efforts of a few hundred Mars mission team members and make authentic contributions of their own," he added.
Users can, for example, count craters on Mars, a task Nasa said had posed a challenge in the past because of the vast numbers involved.
"The collaboration of thousands of participants could help scientists produce far better maps," Nasa and Microsoft said in a joint statement.
"There's so much data coming back from Mars. Having a wider crowd look at the data, classify it and help understand its meaning is very important," said Michelle Viotti, director of Mars Public Outreach at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
"We're also accomplishing something important for Nasa."
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This sounds like fun, I'll be looking into this in the near future.
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