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Title: Mars


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Mars
  • Mass
  • diameter
  • Has 2 moons
  • Phobos
  • Demos
  • Red due to oxidation of metals in soil
  • atmosphere is 95 CO2
  • atmospheric pressure less then
  • Polar caps are frozen CO2 (dry Ice) but recent
    measurements show that some water ice may exist

2
Mars
  • Probes
  • 1970s
  • 2 Viking landers
  • 1997
  • Pathfinder
  • 2004
  • Mars explorer
  • link

3
Mars explorer
  • Goal 1 Determine if Life ever arose on Mars.
  • Goal 2 Characterize the Climate of Mars.
  • Goal 3 Characterize the Geology of Mars.
  • Goal 4 Prepare for Human Exploration of Mars.

4
Mars explorer
  • Found evidence that water had existed on mars
  • movies

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3 d Mars Pathfinder
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