Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system. It is named after Mars, the god of war in Roman mythology (the counterpart to Ares in Greek mythology), because of its red color as viewed in the night sky. This feature also earned it the name "The Red Planet." Mars has two moons (Phobos and Deimos) which are both small and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured asteroids. The prefix areo- refers to Mars in the same way geo- refers to Earth—e.g. areology versus geology.

External links

• NASA's Mars fact sheet
• Nine Planets Mars page
• MarsNews.com - News and info site
• Introduction to Martian topography, with Hubble Space Telescope photos
• FU Berlin: HRSC (camera) experiment at Mars Express (eng. & ger.; press releases and high resolution images)
• Technical Notes about Time on Mars
• On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet 1958-1978 from the NASA History Office.
• The Mars Society flag
• A Trip Into Space Photos and descriptions of Mars
• Martian Law - a CATO white paper
• Mars Unearthed - Comparisons of terrains between Earth and Mars
• 3D VRML Mars globe

Water on Mars

• Highly visible ice lake found on Mars - BBC
• Dr. Tony Phillips: "Making a Splash on Mars", Science@NASA article, June 29, 2000. Phillips describes the Martian "gullies" and explains the conditions under which liquid water can exist on the surface of Mars.
• BBC News story on subsurface ice deposits on Mars
• BBC News update on Mars Express' findings of polar water ice and water-eroded features on the surface
• Mars Rover Scientists Wring Water Story from Rocks This image taken by Mars Rover Opportunity shows microscopic rock forms indicating past signs of water. Courtesy: NASA
• BBC News Mars pictures reveal frozen sea

Mars exploration

• The Political Economy of Very Large Space Projects (Journal Of Evolution and Technology)
• exploreMarsnow Interactive Mars base simulation. Winner of 2003 Webby Award for Science.
• NASA Mars Exploration Rover Home Page
• Be on Mars Anaglyphs from the Mars Rovers (3D)