AS the Mars rover went prospecting on Martian landscapes, an Arizona State University (ASU) programme, called Schoolhouse Rocks, is asking children worldwide to help identify the data that the rover sends back to Earth.
Students can contribute to actual Mars research by sending rocks to the university lab, where scientists will figure out the rock’s type and mineral makeup. The data will be included in a spectral library of about 100 rocks, which will be used to compare and contrast Mars rocks with Earth rocks.
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