Mars rover units out to seek out alien life, finds human trash as an alternative

NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, has been on the planet since final yr with the aim of discovering indicators of life. However, NASA tweeted that the rover has come throughout one thing surprising: human rubbish.

What is it? The trash is reportedly a chunk of a thermal blanket used to guard the rover from excessive circumstances upon touchdown, in accordance with Business Insider.

How did it get there? NASA scientists are uncertain how the trash received to the place it’s.

• A submit on the rover’s Facebook web page reads, “It’s a surprise finding this here because my descent stage crashed about 2 km away. Did this piece land here after that, or was it blown here by the wind?”

A historical past of house junk: This isn’t the primary time human litter has been noticed on Mars.

• On April 19, a chunk of the rover’s parachute and backshell have been noticed on the purple planet, in accordance with Space.com.

Criticism: People on social media have been fast to answer the litter discovered on Mars, the Miami Herald reported.

• One commenter on NASA’s Facebook post wrote, “I guess it will not be long until we start seeing soda bottles, discarded fast food packaging and plastic litter on Mars. Maybe we need to send a robot with a broom to start tidying up already.”
• Another commenter wrote, “How to pollute without physically (being) in a place: that’s another level.”
• “Just because humans don’t like scraps and debris, doesn’t mean the Martians hate it too. We know nothing about them. They could eat pollution for all we know,” one other commenter joked.