Explore Mars yourself! ...new NASA website, page 1
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Topic started on 3-8-2004 @ 12:29 PM by Zion Mainframe
marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov...

The website called Marsoweb had been designed to help scientists select possible landing sites for the Mars Exploration Rovers. By making the web pages more user friendly, NASA hopes that space enthusiasts will electronically survey the red planet’s terrain for interesting geological features.

However, many Mars lovers already know about the site. About a half million people have visited Marsoweb. "Armchair planetary astronomers probably found it through Google," said Glenn Deardorff, a computer scientists, who has worked on Marsoweb for over four years. In January, the site recorded 26.7 million "hits" when the first rover, Spirit, landed.

Check it out, great pics. and very detailed maps


reply posted on 22-10-2004 @ 06:12 PM by Hellmutt
Picture taken by Spirit on the 29th Sept.


Interesting piece of rock...

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