Course Description

Campus Events

Past

Present/Future

Literature/Pop Culture

Evidence for Life

People to Mars?

Transforming Mars

Medicine/Physiology

Mars Today

Interactive Map

External Links

Course Instructors

Course Content

Student Papers

Guestbook


Mars Exploration--Past

Online book, "Mars", by Percival Lowell

NASA Planetary Photojournal

Mars pathfinder mission

Online book "The planet Mars: A History of Observation and Discovery" by William Sheehan

Romance to Reality: Moon and Mars Plans

Back To Top



Mars Exploration Present and Future

Latest images from the Mars Odyssey Spacecraft

Mars Global Surveyor

Information from NASA on human missions to Mars

The NASA reference mission

The Whole Mars Catalog

Center for Mars Exploration Home Page


Mars in Literature and Popular Culture

Bibliography of Martian sf

Illustrated bibliography of Martian sf: in French, with coverage of 'BD' [graphic novels] and movies

Mars in myth and science fiction (part of the Mars library)

Mars in popular culture

Part of the Whole Mars Catalog: useful bibliographies, filmography, and links

Texts of E. R. Burroughs's Martian romances

Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson

List of literary works on Mars from the "Mars in the mind of Earth" site at the University of Michigan



Evidence for Life on Mars


Gives MPEG files about the history of meteorite ALH84001 and the discovery by McKay and others.

Provides information on meteorites from Mars. Also has sections dealing with Martian volcanism, water and atmosphere.

Discusses the evidence for and against fossil life in meteorite ALH84001.

Mars Meteorite Compendium

The Case for Relic Life on Mars

Was there life on Mars?



Should People Go to Mars?

A Case for Mars page

The Mars Society



Medicine and Physiology for Mars Travelers

Summaries of issues for long-duration human spaceflight.

Humans in Space

Space Biology Course Resource



Other Sites of Interest

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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