NATS 1570 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Percival Lowell, Mariner 4, Red
15 Apr 2020
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Mars has a long history of exploration, starting with telescopes in the late 19th century. Many properties - day length, axial title, seasons, are very similar to what we see on earth. Mars has been part of the popular culture in the search for extraterrestrial life since the. One of the key figures in promoting the early interest in life on mars was percival lowell. Who spent a great deal of time and money to observe what he thought was a network of canals on mars. Speculation was that mars was an old dry desert world. Part of the problem with the search on marsin separating the mythology for the scientific study. Mars as an abode of extraterrestrials has been part of our popular culture since the early 20th century. Very noticeable about mars is its surface colour. The red colour of the surface is a result of high levels of iron oxides (rust) in the surface material.
