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Can You Spot the Future Location of the Utopia Planitia Shipyards in this New HiRISE Image?
The surface of Utopia Planitia on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona.
The name of this large impact basin on Mars, Utopia Planitia, sounds idyllic. But it also strikes a warm place in the heart of any Trekkie, as in the future (at least in the Star Trek Universe) it will be the location of the facility where the original Starship Enterprise and its many incarnations will be built. While the majority of the Utopia Planitia Shipyards are in geosynchronous orbit of Mars, there are also facilities on the planet as well, according to the Utopia Planitia Yards Starship Guide website. Uptopia Planitia was “found to be the ideal location [for the Shipyard], and a number of planetary sites are developed along with an expansive orbital facility located in geosynchronous orbit directly above,” explains the site.
But back to the present and this beautiful image from the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Post tags: High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), Mars, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), Star Trek, Utopia Planitia, Utopia Plantia Shipyards
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