PubTalk 1/2004 — Roving Around Mars

Adventures in Exploring the Red Planet

By Devon M. Burr & Michael H. Carr, Planetary Geologists

• January 2004 will see two NASA rovers land on Mars to analyze rock and soil and measure environmental conditions
• By January, a European Mars probe and a Japanese orbiter should also be studying the planet's surface
• Share the excitement and intensity of running the rovers and interpreting the data they return
• Learn about the bizarre routine of scientists who wear "Mars watches" and work on Mars time
• Will these missions tell us finally whether Mars ever had oceans of water.or even life?