Mars exploration is at a cross road with competing pressures forcing a major rethink in direction and timetables. Meanwhile, the impact of Polar Lander’s failure is about to be felt when the investigation panel’s report is released March 16.
February 23rd, 2000
Kirkwood youngsters’ plan for city on Mars wins award St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A city on the surface of Mars? Maybe so, according to the richly detailed fantasy world of three students at Nipher Middle School in Kirkwood. Their futuristic city model won a national competition in Washington on Wednesday.
February 18th, 2000
What Now The Planetary Society
The Planetary Society invites you to an Open Forum about the U.S. Mars Program: Friday, February 18, 2000 6:30-10:00 p.m. (EST) Radisson Barcelo Hotel, Phillips Ballroom, 2121 P Street NW, Washington, DC. Admission: Free. The forum will also be webcast live.
February 9th, 2000
Boeing, Spacedev to End NASA Moonopoly
Imagine watching live on your computer as an un-piloted spacecraft flies over the poles of the moon to search for frozen water that could one day provide fuel for deep space voyages or even sustain a human lunar colony. Or picture a live asteroid flyby, or a view from 20 miles (32 kilometers) above Mars’s mysterious shifting polar ice caps, beamed directly to your home.
February 1st, 2000
New Mars Meteorite Found In California
A new Mars meteorite was found somewhere in the Mojave Desert in California (20 years ago, but only recently analyzed), and consists of two stones of 452.6 & 245.4 grams. The two rocks have been classified as Mars meteorites, specifically basaltic shergottites, by analysis done at UCLA. The new meteorite’s official name is the Los Angeles meteorite.
February 1st, 2000
Box of Rocks Yields Slice of Mars
A veteran rock hound recently uncovered two martian meteorites in his backyard, where they had languished for 20 years after being plucked from the Mojave Desert. The find, announced this week, brings the total number of martian meteorites
January 31st, 2000
New Mars Meteorite Found
A rare Mars meteorite has been found after languishing in the backyard of a meteorite hunter in California for 20 years. It was originally found in the Mojave Desert in California, and actually consists of two stones. The two rocks have been classified as Mars meteorites, technically basaltic shergottites, by analysis done at the University of California, Los Angeles.
January 30th, 2000
Sixth-grade project takes class to Mars, City Hall The Advocate
The first community on Mars should be built inside a huge crater so dust storms don’t destroy the buildings. A giant greenhouse can provide oxygen for people’s homes. And a recreational center will just have to have an arcade.
January 30th, 2000
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn to put on a show for earthlings
February opens with a planetary parade as Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn line up in the evening sky as though for review by the waxing moon. On the evening of Feb. 8 look for Mars to the right of the moon. Mars is the dimmest of the parading planets at magnitude 1.2.
January 28th, 2000
Russia Eyes Mars 2005 Probe
Russia is planning to send a space probe towards Mars and its moon Phobos in 2005, to examine the surface of the red planet, if the money can be found, scientists here said Thursday.