Facing Mars

Facing Mars:  Would you survive the journey?

October 3, 2009 – January 3, 2010

What if you could travel to Mars? Would you be prepared for a long space journey and an inhospitable landscape?

Goodbye, Earth … Hello, Mars

What will you eat on your three-year journey? What will happen to your body in microgravity? How will you get along living with the rest of the crew? Can you protect yourself from radiation and Martian dust storms? If Mars has any signs of life, could you recognize them?

Exhibits

  • Sunstones

    Sunstones

    This 18-foot granite sculpture on the Hall’s back lawn can function as an astronomical tool.
  • Girl watching Science On a Sphere's blue marble turn.

    Science On a Sphere (SOS)®

    See the Earth from space— without ever leaving the ground!

Story

  • Nano Gecko

    Lights, Camera, Geckos!

    The episode is one of several on nanotechnology produced in collaboration with leading science museums across the country.

  • San Diego Science Festival

    San Diego Science Festival

    Many parents also see nanotechnology as a future career field for their children.

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