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Marsoweb

Posted by michael on from the marzipan dept.

EyesWideOpen writes "Scientists preparing for Nasa's next Mars mission have created a website to help them choose potential landing sites on Mars. Marsoweb enables scientists to view more than 44,000 high-resolution images of the red planet; the images combine all the available data about the surface of Mars."

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  1. Already /.ed by seen2much · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Didn't take long at all. Hey could the government consider this an attack on federal property? And if so, who do they raid?

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  2. Mars Face by naeger · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just curious: What happend to the famous Mars face popular in the late 80ies/early 90ies. I think it was just a natural landscape which coincidentally looked like a face on this particular picture because of the shadows. However, I haven't heard anything from the "face" for a long time. There should be other pictures from the same location by now. How do they look like? Are they on Marsoweb (can't get to the site it's /.ed)? Anyone with more information?

  3. Re:Billions of dollars, and this is what they plan by PaleBoy · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So maybe they aren't planning on using the input of a high school kid in Belgium. But there are scientists out there with access to the web, too, I believe. Putting the information out to give everyone access is not just a good idea because it gives professionals everywhere access, but because it lets folks like us get excited about space! What nerd kid wouldn't be stoked about poring over NASA's mars data looking for a suitable landing site?

    This could be integrated into high school courses Earth Science classes, for major cool points. Intro astronomy classes in college could assign this as a fun project.

    And besides. Maybe there IS a high school kid in Belgium who has the intelligence, talent and time to find a great spot. The internet is beautiful and scary that way- information is no longer important based on source, it is important based on utility. But that is another topic.

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  4. While that site is down... by slipmat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    you can fly around the proposed Melas Chasma landing site in 3D with this software.

    http://planet3d.demonews.com/PWMarsExplorer3.htm
    It needs a fast PC though.

    and here's a contour map of the Melas Chasma landing site (3Mb):
    http://planet3d.demonews.com/Melas%20Conto ur%20Map (200m).JPG