Exploration (Subscribe)
Links
Russian Mars 96 Mission
http://www.iki.rssi.ru/mars96/
Detailed description of failed Mars exploratory mission
Romance to Reality
http://www.marsinstitute.info/rd/faculty/dportree/rtr/
Moon and Mars expedition and settlement plans.
Polar Landing Site for a First Mars Expedition
http://www.sff.net/people/Geoffrey.Landis/pole.html
Discusses the reasons why a site on the Martian pole might be the best place to land a first expedition to Mars.
NASA: Be a Martian
http://beamartian.jpl.nasa.gov/
Project helping NASA to date Martian land areas by counting craters. Invites members of the public to take part.
NASA Center for Mars Exploration
Various resources on Mars Exploration with an educational emphasis.
JPL Mars Exploration Program
Various sections: Extreme Planet, Follow the Water, Mars Rocks, Life on Mars?, The Martian Mystique and Just for Kids.
Human Exploration of Mars
http://members.cox.net/jhaldenwang/mars.htm
Discusses some of the problems involved in sending humans to Mars, and proposes solutions.
Explore the Planet Mars
http://www.exploremarsnow.org/
Realistic, interactive, 3D walk-though of a Mars base designed for the first humans to land on Mars including a Mars habitat, greenhouse, Mars car and robot rovers.