Question: What is your opinion on the Mars 2020 mission?

Monique Henson answered on 12 Nov 2015:

It’s really exciting! I was bowled over by what came back from the Curiosity – it’s taught so much about the environment and geology on Mars. Mars 2020 will hopefully help us get a better idea of whether there has been life on Mars at the past, and will help us to prepare for potential future manned missions to Mars. If humans are ever to travel to Mars, we need to understand the dangers the Martian atmosphere and landscape pose to us. Mars 2020 will give us more information on this, and will also start collecting rock samples for potential return to Earth at a future date.