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[[circled]] 1 [[/circled]] [[margin]] COVER PHOTO [[/margin]] -I'VE BEEN FASCINATED W/ MARS SINCE A KID. THOUGH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STUDYING IT FOR CENTURIES (THRU TELESCOPES, & MORE RECENTLY W/ SOPHISTICATED SPACECRAFT) IT'S STILL A FASCINATING & MYSTERIOUS [[strikethrough]] PLACE [[/strikethrough]] WORLD...[[strikethrough]] WHOSE SA [[/strikethrough]] WE KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THE PLANET THAN WE DID 100 YRS AGO, BUT [[strikethrough]] SOME OF ITS [[/strikethrough]] WE HAVEN'T UNLOCKED SOME of ITS MOST IMPORTANT SECRETS: WAS THERE EVER PRIMITIVE LIFE ON MARS? IF SO, IS THERE STILL? WAS THERE EVER WATER ON THE SURFACE? YES. WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? IS SOME STILL LOCKED UNDERGROUND? THESE ARE SOME of SEVERAL Q WE'RE HOPING TO ANSWER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL yrs. ===== [[margin]] EARTH & MARS [[/margin]] MARS, IN MANY WAYS, IS SIMILAR TO EARTH 4th from SUN (E=3), (EARTH'S NEIGHBORHOOD, GET'S PLENTY of SUNLIGHT) 1/2 THE SIZE, SOLID SURFACE, (UNLIKE JUPITER or SATURN) [[strikethrough]] EARTH - E [[/strikethrough]] YEAR = 687 Days (~TWICE) SEASONS DAY~24 hr CAN ALSO SEE ITS VERY DIFFERENT EARTH = BLUE MARS = RED -> No H20 GROW VEGETATION -> NO PLANTS/LIFE KNOW ABOUT THIS FROM PROBES SATELLITES ===> [[margin]] LOWELL [[/margin]] 100 YEARS AGO... CANALS 1907 WALL ST JOURNAL WAR of TH WORLDS // EVEN 50'S.. 1964 - MARINER 4 NO CANALS, NO WATER..DRY, DESOLATE, CRATERED