Two interesting items about Mars.

Author: * Sokni Hvitaskald - 88 Posts on this thread out of 1,073 Posts sitewide.
Date: Jun 6, 2007 - 20:36

Red Planet Rovers: Still Stalking Science

By Leonard David
Special Correspondent, SPACE.com
posted: 05 June 2007
05:50 am ET

DALLAS, Texas – Those peppy Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, continue to make tracks as they wheel about two diverse locales on Mars – far outstripping their original warranties of 90 days of lifetime and a target of roughly 2,000 feet (600 meters) of driving range when they landed on the planet in January 2004.

Both of the mechanized emissaries from Earth remain hard at work, said Steven Squyres, principal investigator for the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Project and astronomer at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Read this one at:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070605_ISDC_mars_explor_fin.html

Deep Hole Found on Mars

By Leonard David
Special Correspondent, SPACE.com
posted: 06 June 2007
08:44 am ET

A very dark spot on Mars could be an entrance to a deep hole or cavern, according to scientists studying imagery taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The geological oddity measures some 330 feet (100 meters) across and is located on an otherwise bright dusty lava plain to the northeast of Arsia Mons, one of the four giant Tharsis volcanoes on the red planet.

The hole might be the sort of place that could support life or serve as a habitat for future astronauts, researchers speculated.

Must be deep

Read about it at:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070605_mars_hole.html