Lecture 19: Mars- The Red Planet

"My space modulator! Someone has taken my Amodium Q-38 space modulator!"
Marvin the Martian, Bugs Bunny Cartoon

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Date: November 18, 1994
Reading Assignment: pp. 241-259

Description : Cosmos- Blues for a Red Planet (video tape)

Objectives

Introduce historical views of Mars

Describe the Viking exploration

Be able to describe the search for life on Mars and the results of this search

Be able to describe the atmosphere and basic geology of Mars.