Minerals over Mars
Science, March 11, 2005

This piece is an introduction to a special section that contains 6 research papers on the same topic – the investigation of the mineral composition of Mars. The introduction summarises the main points covered in the paper and is excellent for people who are interested in the topic but who don’t have the time (or patience) to read all 6 articles.

Although it is just a short summary the introduction is gives a very clear picture of what is happening on the surface of Mars, including what equipment is being used and what sort of minerals are being found there.

The information contained here is also relevant to the course as the history of Mars involving water was recently covered in lectures.

While not strictly an article as such, I thought that this piece of journalism was informative and I have included it because it gives a very good summary of what is happening on Mars at the moment.

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