{"645966":{"#nid":"645966","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Why is NASA so invested in exploring Mars?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Mars Rover Perseverance\u0026nbsp;is about to make history once again, as NASA continues to\u0026nbsp;invest\u0026nbsp;a great deal of time and money exploring the\u0026nbsp;planet.\u0026nbsp;Soon, Perseverance will launch a small helicopter, the first-ever to fly over another planet. Two members of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences faculty, assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/rivera-hernandez-dr-frances\u0022\u003EFrances Rivera-Hernandez\u003C\/a\u003E and associate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wray.eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJames Wray\u003C\/a\u003E, explain that NASA\u0026#39;s fascination with Mars relates to\u0026nbsp;what clues the planet may\u0026nbsp;provide about Earth\u0026#39;s existence.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-03-31 18:50:46","changed_gmt":"2021-03-31 18:50:46","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/local\/outreach\/why-guy\/nasa-mars-exploration\/85-ace4134e-3ab7-402a-9ef9-91773e05e7e2?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot","dateline":{"date":"2021-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"187439","name":"Frances Rivera-Hernandez"},{"id":"52181","name":"James Wray"},{"id":"7057","name":"Mars"},{"id":"187440","name":"Perseverance"},{"id":"180895","name":"rovers"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}