Mars Science Investigations

   

Is Mars still geologically active?
  Do habitable oases still exist?

 

 

 

 

How has the water cycle changed over time?   Did habitable environments exist on Mars?

 

 

 

 

 

 
 Earth and Mars comparison   "Odyssey Finds Water Ice in Abundance Under Mars' Surface"

 

 

 

 

 

"Scientists Say Mars Has a Liquid Iron Core"  

Uncovering the history of Mars may require deep drilling. In this cutaway view robotic Mars Outpost rovers have constructed a drill to look for deep subsurface water. The drill is powered by the tent-like solar arrays.

 

 
   

Mars´ past may have been warmer and wetter. This is only part of a larger image.

 

 

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