Barbree, Jay., 1997., Destination
Mars., (Penguin Studio, New York, New York)
This book is very good, packed with information
on the history of the Mars myth plus current facts and pictures.
Carrol, Michael., February 1999., “Diving on Mars.,”
Astronomy
This is about Nasa launching a Martian orbiter
on a mission to study the polar caps and figure out what Mars’ climate
was like in the past.
Dobbins, Thomas., April 1999., “The colors of
Mars: Reality and illusion.,” Astronomy
This article discusses why Mars appears to be
a bright ruddy orange color through telescopes and compares it to the real
color.
Harrington, Phil., April 99., “Red Planet at Night,
Observers Delight.,” Astronomy
It’s obvious this article is for beginning astronomers
when you look at the rhyming title. That said, it is a good place
to start, and we got a lot of help planning our observations from this
article.
Hartmann., William K., April 99, “Invading Martian
Territory.,” Astronomy
This article is about what we discovered about
the surface of Mars from the 1996 Mars Global Surveyor and what we might
discover.
Internet Movie Database (IMDB) http:///www.imdb.com
This is the oldest and most respected movie site
on the web. It includes credits, plot-summaries and commentary on
just about every movie ever made.
Kaufmann, William J. and Freedman, Roger., 1998.,
Universe-Fifth
Edition. (W.H. Freeman and Company, New York) pages 279-298
This chapter on Mars provides a solid background
covering our current knowledge of Mars and the space missions
NASA. May 3 1999, Mars Global Surveyor.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/marsurv.html
This is NASA’s official site. It is up-to-date,
reliable, and the only place to get information on Surveyor ’98.
Radburn, Paul., 1998., Uncovering the Secrets
of the Red Planet., (National Geographic Society)
A beautiful book on the history of the Mars Missions,
including the Pathfinder. The information is great, but the best
part is that it contains 3-D pictures of the surface (glasses included)
Spider, 18 Apr 1998, Mars Mission Launch Sequence.
http://www.seds.org/~spider/mars/mars-1.html
This page was reccomended by an amateur astronomer’s
page. It gives brief information on all missions, and is organized
in a time-line.
The War of the Worlds Page
http://www.war-of-the-worlds.org
This website is completely devoted to War of
the Worlds, the novel, radio-drama and film adaptations. It provided
interesting information.