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    Asteroids Effect On Mars

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    Over 200 asteroids hit Mars each year. However, these fragments are usually only 3-6 feet in diameter. Small space rocks on Earth would burn up before hitting land, but asteroids can do more damage on Mars because of its weaker atmosphere. Because Mars has only 38% of Earth’s gravity, it is likely that upper layers the Red Planet’s atmosphere boiled away into space and were blasted out by meteor hits. This theory could explain why even though Mars is barren, there is evidence of life. Mercury is

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    properties. Surely, it couldn't be a regular rock. Everybody knows rocks on other planets are not normal. No, they are completely alien compared to those on Earth. It looked like a normal rock; granted, a rather red rock. What would one expect on Mars? I sighed heavily, concluding that no matter the length of time I stared, it would not sprout alien tentacles and burrow downwards to escape my scrutinizing glare. Scooping up some rusty-red sand with my gloved hand, I tossed it dismissively at the

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    Mars Book Report

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    In the book, red rising, their culture is totally different from ours. First off, this all takes place on Mars. Now, they “survive” by doing different thing, such as helldivers, a.k.a. Reds, mine for resources, such as helium-3, Golds are the basically the government, and so on. For helldivers, whoever mines the most amount of helium-3, gets a lot more food than the other groups. When they do something wrong, one of two things could happen, you could get whipped(number of whips very, minor punishment)

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    Mars Journal Entries

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    Day: T–1 of 273 Earth Date: 2031 / 9 / 12 My name is Froy Satner, I am an astronaut for NASA and tomorrow I will begin my nine-month solo expedition to Mars. The purpose of my expedition is to oversee the safe transport of a large amount of supplies, such as food, basic infrastructure materials, and research equipment. Shortly after my arrival on Mars a larger expedition of approximately 25 people will arrive to create the first colony on the planet. I am currently writing the first entry of this journal

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    Mars Red Planet

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    Mars, The "Red Planet" Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Mars is also the second-smallest planet in the Solar System. Mars was named after the Roman God of War. This planet is sometimes referred to as the "Red Planet." The shade of Mars is red, because of all the iron oxide present on its surface. Mars is a terrestrial planet. This means it is a planet that is mainly created out of silicate rocks or metals. The terrestrial planets in our Solar System, along with Mars, are the inner

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    The Benefits of Going to Mars We humans have been waiting for this moment for so long now, the moment of colonizing the mighty Mars. Since there’s a chance of life on Mars, we’re now all encouraged that Mars is going to be our second planet! Mars is clearly a risky endeavor, but it’s worth it because of the resources we are going to inherit while exploring the Red Planet. Generally speaking, Mars is going to be the next big step for the humans evolution. In the movie “The Martian”, Mark Watney

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    Mars Research Paper

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    elsewhere than on Earth. Probably, Mars would be the likeliest one. Mars has the elements that are needed for life and the energy is available for life in the form of the sun. The geological evidence from the past suggests that Mars once had a liquid water on its surface. Mars is almost half the diameter of Earth and is the fourth planet from the sun. It is less dense than the Earth as the atmospheric carbon dioxide is 10,000 times thinner than the earth. Mars is called as an earth like planet in

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    Marxism In Red Mars

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    Red Mars launches humanity into hope for a utopic way of organizing people on a new planet. Or, I should say it spins on Ares into the future of organization, a set up for which is unknowable as earthlings have not yet become Martians. It’s a Marxian socialist future where social equality and economic equity are supposed to afford enjoyment of life through unity between individuals and the objects of their production. As the first one hundred, who are mostly from Russia and the USA, ask impossible

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    Geology Of Mars Essay

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    The planet Mars is a red plant that is found in the Solar System in the Milky Way Galaxy one planets farther from the sun than Earth. The planet Mars has a very thin atmosphere full of primarily carbon dioxide. The surface of Mars is very dusty and rocky because of volcanoes. The geology of Mars is different from Earth in many ways including the amount of volcanoes, mountains, valleys, and internal makeup. Mars has a great multitude of volcanoes on the surface including one, three times bigger than

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    Research Paper On Mars

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    Mars is our 4th planet in the Solar System in the Milky Way Galaxy, It consists of frozen water, but it's water is underground because the atmosphere that was there is gone, and it kept the water warm on mars, but since it the atmosphere is gone, the water froze into the ground. People are also thinking about traveling up to mars, and colonizing it for the future to live on for generations to come. Though it could cost over five hundred thousand dollars to get a spaceship and the fuel to go to

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