COLLEGE FOR SENIORS at MCC
          VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY: IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
                http://edu-observatory.org/cfs/
                        by Sam Wormley  
                     swormley1@mchsi.com
              Mondays 2:30-4:30 p.m. in Rm 608
                     Mar. 19 - Apr. 16          
           
                      Week 3 (Apr. 2)
  

  THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM
  
    Mars Global Surveyor (reached Mars  Sep. 11, 1997)
      http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/
      http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/science/
    Light Deposits Indicate Water Flowing on Mars 
      http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061212.html

    Mars Odyssey (reached Mars Oct. 24, 2001)
      http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/
      http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/odyssey-mission-success.html
  
    Mars: Dead or Alive - Nova 50- min
      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/program.html
      When things go wrong!

    Mars Exploration Rover Mission (reached Mars Jan 4 & 25, 2004)
      http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
      http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search?Spirit
      http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/tm-spirit/index.html
      http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search?Opportunity
      http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/tm-opportunity/index.html
      http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/305/5685/793
      http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/306/5702/1697
      http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20060124a.html

    


    Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (reached Mars Mar. 10, 2006)
      http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/
      http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/science/
      http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/mission/sc_instru.html  30 cm

    Martian Cracks Show Signs of Once-Flowing Water
     http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/215/1
     Password Required

    ALH84001 - Martian Meteorite Yields Evidence of Primitive Life  3:37
      http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/broadcast/trans3.html
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALH84001
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_meteorite


    Solar System Exploration
      http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury
      http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Venus
      http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search?Mercury
      http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search?Venus

    Messenger Mission to Venus and Mercury
      http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/trajectory.html
      http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/why_mercury/index.html
      http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
    
    Magellan to Venus
      http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/
      http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/anim.html

    



    Life Beyond Earth" - Ferris 25:30
      http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth/
      http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth/alone/habitable.html

    Mariner 10 to Venus and Mercury 
      http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/past/mariner10.html

    Launch NASA TV Viewer
      http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
      
      

      

    
     
    swormley1@mchsi.com