NASA - Mars
Astrobiology Magazine: Search for Life in the Universe
"Water & Life on Mars" at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
"Journey to Mars" at the Exploratorium
MarsQuest at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the National Center for Atmospheric Research
"Resources for Learning: Water on Mars?" at the American Museum of Natural History
What does water on Mars have to do with life on Mars?
What makes scientists think that there may have been life on Mars?
Evidence of water
Evidence of fire
Evidence of technology
Why do scientists think there was liquid water on Mars?
Circling satellites found ice on Mars
The surface of Mars appears to have been shaped by flowing water
Mars may have been warmer and wetter
Do you think we should look for life on Mars?
Yes. How cool is that?
No way! Even if there is, what right do we have to disturb?
Not sure
If we find evidence of life on Mars, what will it look like?
Us
Big and bizarre - like in the movies
Microscopic
Should we send people to explore Mars?
Yes - let’s create a Mars base
No - let our unmanned probes continue to do our work
Not sure or don’t care
Water and Life on Mars?
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