Mars has beckoned for centuries, inspiring mythology, science fiction and now an International Space Art Contest. The Planetary Society invites participants of all ages worldwide to draw what Mars would look like if one were standing on the planet’s surface. The contest is held in conjunction with The Planetary Society’s Red Rover Goes to Mars Training Mission where Student Scientists are to select a suitable landing site on Mars to which Earth might one day send a Mars sample return mission. Art contest entrants must depict what such a landing site on Mars for a robotic spacecraft might look like at ground level — both now and a century hence. “The art contest reminds us that planetary exploration isn’t just for ‘rocket scientists.’ People of all ages who are imaginative and artistically inclined can participate,” said Linda Kelly, Education Manager of the Red Rover Goes to Mars project.
The Planetary Society Announces for 2001, a Space Art Odyssey The Planetary Society
Interview of President Clinton by the Discovery Channel Discovery Channel
The following transcript was released today by the White House: “Let us talk about Mars…”
Mission Surge Goal: Decode Mars’ Mysteries Aviation Week & Space Technology
With all options back on the table, international teams are exploring new technology, advanced radioisotope power sources and Russian participation.
Latest reports about Mars fuel hunger for more data FLORIDA TODAY editorial
Since someone long ago first noticed its reddish gleam in the sky, people have wondered about Mars – and dreamed of going there. Now there’s more reason to wonder and dream about the Red Planet. For the second time this year, a team of scientists has publicly announced discoveries that indicate water once existed on Mars. Michael Malin and Ken Edgett said Monday that images from the orbiting Mars Global Surveyor show rock formations consistent with ancient lake beds.
How high the moon? Windsor man says he can give you a good deal on some lunar property Detroit Free Press
Tom Doran sells real estate. On the moon. Through Moon Land Registry in Windsor, he sells nice one-acre plots near the Alphonsus Crater for $11 U.S. For the same price, you can buy a little piece of Mars, Venus or Io, a moon of Jupiter.
Major Mars Discovery to be Announced at Dec 7 Briefing
Imaging scientists Dr. Michael Malin and Dr. Ken Edgett from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft will present what they describe as their most significant discovery yet at a Space Science Update at 2:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 7. Their findings are being published in the December 8 issue of Science Magazine.
New Mars research facility to involve scientists, kids
Arizona State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, are creating a new NASA facility that will be used by scientists and students studying Mars. ASU and JPL will jointly fund the facility, with JPL providing $1.45 million in initial funding. The ASU Planetary Imaging Facility and Advanced Training Institute (PIF-ATI) is an expansion of a facility originally planned to support the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), a thermal infrared camera system that will fly on the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft and is directed by ASU Geological Sciences Professor Philip Christensen. According to NASA and ASU scientists, the facility is “a new model” for planetary research projects that will allow greater instrument and data access to scientists outside the project, as well as to university students and even to 5th through 12th grade educators and their students. Also in the planning stages is a graduate and undergraduate program where entry-level personnel can be trained in spacecraft operations and maintenance.
NASA Outlines Mars Exploration Program For Next Two Decades ScienceDaily Magazine
By means of orbiters, landers, rovers and sample return missions, NASA’s revamped campaign to explore Mars, announced today, is poised to unravel the secrets of the red planet’s past environments, the history of its rocks, the many roles of water and, possibly, evidence of past or present life. Six major missions are planned in this decade as part of a scientific tapestry that will weave a tale of new understanding of Earth’s sometimes enigmatic and surprising neighbor.
Mars In The Early 21st Century
NASA’s Solar System exploration program is currently undergoing a period of crisis and drastic redesign, due both to the failures of last year’s Mars probes and to very severe problems of project cost overruns and funding limitations. Its radically redesigned Mars program was unveiled on Oct. 26, and a similarly radical redesign in its Outer Planets exploration program will follow within the next two months.
NASA’s Upcoming Mars Missions: French Landers, An Italian Orbiter and More
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