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.

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Mars explorer

• Found evidence that water had existed on mars
• movies

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3 d Mars Pathfinder
link