Dec 102018
A seismometer and an air pressure sensor on the InSight lander on Mars have *kinda* picked up the sound of wind n the red planet. These aren’t direct microphone recordings, which I’m honestly surprised wasn’t included in the sensor suite. Additionally, the sounds are just barely audible. It’s unsurprising that Mars isn’t a terribly loud place, since the air pressure there is the same as it is on Earth at about 100,000 feet, more than three times the height of Mt. Everest. Even hurricane speed winds would be weak and quiet at those conditions.