Mars Definition and 519 Threads

I've just been reading the latest 'discoveries' regarding the infamous 'Face on Mars' at Cydonia ... http://www.enterprisemission.com/paper_1/paper_1.php?page=paper1 It's pretty intense stuff. Richard Hoagland and his entourage seem pretty convinced about its composition and origins - even...

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_mgs_031007.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/04/MN303153.DTL

Image of the day: http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_030902.html

http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=570

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=3344536

"Russian scientists have announced plans to build a nuclear power station on Mars." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3162129.stm

http://space.com/spacewatch/where_is_mars.html

http://space.com/spacewatch/where_is_mars.html

So, i was on vacation and watching the New Tom Green Show, (which is much better than the old one imho) and this absolutely hilarious theoretical physicist guy was on and he was talking about how on the 27th of this month that Mars will be closest to the Earth than it's been in... i forget how...

"There is no place like Mars for fueling speculation about geologic features that must have been created by intelligent beings. Now scientists bring us the Fortune Cookie photo." http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_030731.html

"PASADENA, California -- The two moons of Mars -- Phobos and Deimos -- could be the byproducts of a breakup of a huge moon that once circled the red planet, according to a new theory." http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_moons_origin_030729.html

I hope this is not a duplicate topic, if it is, I apologize... I watched on science news the other night that Mars is to venture its closest to Earth then most people will see for a long while...and also a mission is planned to land on mars...any news, topics already started or info on this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2963450.stm

In 1976, a Viking probe landed on Mars. Strange activity in Martian soil that was similar to microbes giving off gas was detected. A subsequent test for organic matter turned out negative and it was concluded that Mars was dead. However, former mission scientist for NASA Dr. Gil Levin says...

On CNN, I saw a picture of Earth from mars. Earth looked blurry. Why is that?

very cool http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/05/22/earth.mars.ap/index.html

How long do you think it will be before we land the first manned spacecraft on mars? How close are we to being able to do this at present?

I'm not one of those that sees artifacts in every other MGS photos, But these two have me scratching my head. The first shows what looks like regular grid lines layed out in almost a street-like pattern. http://home.teleport.com/~parvey/mars1.gif This second one also shows something...