Once and Future Mars. Jim Bell.
by Bell, Jim; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 41Science. Publisher: Physics World, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Mars (Planet) -- Exploration | Mars (Planet) -- Observations | Mars (Planet) -- Water | Mars probes | Mars vehicles | Space flight to MarsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "One of the most profound discoveries that has emerged from the past 40 years of space exploration is that environmental conditions like those that we enjoy on Earth are exceedingly rare. However, there is a short list of special places in our solar system that astronomers believe may once have been--or may still even be--very much Earth-like. Mars is at the top of that list." (PHYSICS WORLD) This article examines what has been learned about Mars since the 1960s from information sent back by numerous Mars orbiters and landers and explains ongoing and upcoming missions.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Once and Future Mars, Jan. 2003; pp. 35-40.
"One of the most profound discoveries that has emerged from the past 40 years of space exploration is that environmental conditions like those that we enjoy on Earth are exceedingly rare. However, there is a short list of special places in our solar system that astronomers believe may once have been--or may still even be--very much Earth-like. Mars is at the top of that list." (PHYSICS WORLD) This article examines what has been learned about Mars since the 1960s from information sent back by numerous Mars orbiters and landers and explains ongoing and upcoming missions.
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