CASI 279 - Reaching for the Red Planet

Welcome to the webpage for Reaching for the Red Planet!  You will find here everything you need (and more) for class, including class information, homework assignments, and links to useful sites on the Web.  I strongly recommend that you take advantage of the online resources available for this course!

Class Information:
            Syllabus
            Class Project Information

Assignments:

            War of the Worlds audio file  This is a big (30 Mb or so) file!
            Mars by Percival Lowell (online eBook)
            Mars In-Class Geology Project (40 Mb .zip file!)
            Spacesuits!

Slides from Class:

History of Mars Astronomy I
History of Mars Astronomy II
Mars Overview
Mars Overview and Mariners
Mariners and Vikings (oh my!)
The Face on Mars

Wheels in the Dirt (Rovers)
Hazards
Nukes on Mars
Dust on Mars
Spacecraft in Miniature
Training for Space
Rising from the Ashes
   
Fun (and optional) Lecture-related Links

War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (online eBook)
Princess of Mars by E. R. Burroughs (online eBook)
The Planet Mars:  A History of Observation and Discovery by W. Sheehan (online eBook)

The HiRISE Image Viewer - amazing hi-resolution images of the surface of Mars!

3D images from Mars - You'll need blue-red glasses...

Interesting Videos:

Mars: 2020 - Springtime...


A possibly unscientific but way cool animation of a meteor strike...


Userful links:

A Great Magazine - Astronomy Magazine
Another Great Magazine - Sky and Telescope