REaD PLANET: Recent Mars Reading List

Excitement begins to build as the round of launches to Mars approaches. More and more magazine articles are appearing all the time. Recent publications include the May 1996, issue of the kids' magazine Odyssey, which is all about Mars and the upcoming missions. A couple of relevant articles appeared in the journal, Science-- one about how Mars Pathfinder's landing site was picked, the other about NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and the future of the space agency. The National Space Society is promising that their magazine, Ad Astra, for July-August 1996, will feature a variety of Mars articles-- including one on Mars education resources. Their address is 922 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., Washington, DC 20003. Check your local bookstores and libraries for the following:

Mars in Fiction

• "Bright, Blue Star," by Susan Logan, Final Frontier, p. 36-39, March-April 1996.

• "Appointment in Sinai," by Ben Bova, Analog: Science Fiction and Fact, p. 116-131, June 1996.

Magazine/Journal Articles

• "K-12 education outreach program initiated by a university research team for the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer project," by K.S. Edgett and P.R. Christensen, Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 44, p. 183-188, March 1996.

• "Outward bound" by J. Schefter (about NASA Discovery missions, incl. Mars Pathfinder / Sojourner), Popular Science, p. 60-64, March 1996.

• "From the Scabland to Mars: Preparing for the Pathfinder mission," by K. Magee, The Planetary Report, p. 10-14, March-April 1996.

• "To Mars and beyond (CD-ROM Review)," by M.A. Kellner, Final Frontier, p. 45, March-April 1996.

• "Gambling on a martian landing site," by R. A. Kerr, Science, v. 272, p. 347-348, 19 April 1996.

• Odyssey, May 1996 --Special Mars issue for kids!

• "Mars better than Earth for early life?" Astronomy, p. 22, 24, May 1996.

• "Warm havens for life on Mars," by B. Jakosky, New Scientist, v. 150, p. 38-42, 4 May 1996.

• "Goldin puts NASA on new trajectory," by A. Lawler, Science, v. 272, p. 800-802, 10 May 1996.

• "New eyes for Mars: Testing cameras for the Mars '96 mission," The Planetary Report, p. 14-15, May-June 1996.

• "The need for a space frontier," by R. Zubrin, Ad Astra, p. 6-9, May-June 1996.

• "The promise of Mars," by R. Zubrin, Ad Astra, p. 32-38, May-June 1996.

• "Does Mars have Venus-like coronae?" Astronomy, p. 25, July 1996.

• "Shape up, Mars!" Astronomy, p. 28, July 1996.

• "Where's the clay?" Astronomy, p. 28, July 1996.

• "Shooting stars on Mars," Astronomy, p. 30, July 1996.

• "A chunk of ancient Mars?" Sky & Telescope, p. 14, July 1996.

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