Field trip to Mars?
News story originally written on March 26, 1999
Artist's conception of the Mars Surveyor 2001
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The Planetary Society is going to
help send a special science project to Mars.
What's so special about it? It's going to be designed by someone under 18
years old!
The experiment will fly aboard the Mars Surveyor 2001 spacecraft. Any
student under 18 who isn't in college can take part. The experiment needs
to be very small and very light so it won't be easy to design!
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More information on the contest
More information on Mars Surveyor 2001
Field trip to Mars?
News story originally written on March 26, 1999
Artist's conception of the Mars Surveyor 2001
Click on image for full size (108K JPEG)
Image courtesy of JPL/NASA
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The Planetary Society is sponsoring
a project called A 2001 Mars Odyssey: The Student NanoExperiment
Challenge. It is a contest to give students from across the world a
chance to send a science experiment to Mars.
The experiment will fly aboard the Mars Surveyor 2001 spacecraft, which is
scheduled to launch on April 10, 2001.
The contest is only open to pre-college students who are 18 years old or
younger as of March 1, 1999. The experiment must be small enough to fit
in a one centimeter high by one centimeter diameter cylinder. It also
has to weigh less than three grams. The results of the experiment must
be able to be seen by the lander's camera.
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More information on the contest
More information on Mars Surveyor 2001
Field trip to Mars?
News story originally written on March 26, 1999
Artist's conception of the Mars Surveyor 2001
Click on image for full size (108K JPEG)
Image courtesy of JPL/NASA
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The Planetary Society is giving
students a chance to send a science experiment to Mars. A 2001 Mars Odyssey: The Student
NanoExperiment Challenge is an opportunity for students from across
the world to take part in the Mars Environmental Compatibility Assessment.
The MECA is one of the many projects aboard the Mars Surveyor 2001 lander,
which is scheduled to launch on April 10, 2001. It is designed to test
different material to see how they stand up to the Martian environment, in
order find out what dangers astronauts will eventually face.
The contest is only open to pre-college students who are 18 years old or
younger as of March 1, 1999. The experiment must fit in a one centimeter
high by one centimeter diameter cylinder and it must weigh less than three
grams. Also, the results will need to be able to be seen by the lander's
camera.
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More information on the contest
More information on Mars Surveyor 2001
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