1. Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP) Lakewood High School

2. Introduction: Observation ❖ The Martian ❖ The opportunities of settlement ➢ Future generations on Mars ➢ Exploration of the surface ➢ Other world colonization ❖ More interest ❖ Integrates many topics

3. Big Picture Question What features on Mars would make it a good place to settle? ❖ Possibility of colonization of Mars ❖ Find water on Mars ❖ Explore and understand Mars

4. Working Hypothesis Hypothesis: If we can find the correct climate with flat area-not near cliffs or volcanoes, water ice accessibility, and collapsed lava tubes/caves, then we can find a place to settle/explore Mars.

5. Background Information Mars has lots of different landforms such as: ❖ Caves- a large underground chamber, is formed by the dissolution of the soil. ❖ Lava Tubes- a natural tunnel within a solidified lava flow, is formed by lava which moves beneath the hardened surface of a lava flow, can protect us from the harsh conditions of the atmosphere. ❖ Subsurface Ice- can be used to give us cleaner, safer water source.. These landforms may assist us with exploration of Mars.

6. Caves ❖ Protection ❖ Potential Research ❖ Geologic History

7. Methods Data Collection Plan We can use MOLA/Themis to Find: ❖ Caves ❖ Craters ❖ Any Depressions

8. Methods Criteria ❖ Temp/Climate - THEMIS Day IR layer ❖ Caves/Craters/Volcanoes/Flat Land - MOLA/THEMIS Stamps ❖ Water/Ice - Glacial Forms ❖ Hend - surface Ice

9. Methods Control ❖ JMars Student Imaging Site ➢ Temp/Climate-THEMIS ➢ Caves/Flat Land-MOLA THEMIS Stamps ➢ Water/Ice-HEND Epithermal Rating scale: 2: Feature is best for colonization 1: Feature not desirable for colonization 0: Feature is almost inhospitable

10. 2012 Glacier-Like Form Database ★ This feature allows us to see glacial evidence ★ Glaciers physically there; buried by dust ★ Blue dots indicate glaciers ★ Use HEND Epithermal to further specify glacier locations HEND Rating: ★ Red : 0 ★ Green : 1 ★ Blue : 2 Glacier-Like Form Rating: ★ Glacier is there: 2 ★ Glacier is not: 0

11. Volcanoes and Cliffs ❖ If we settle on Mars we want to be away from cliffs and volcanoes ➢ 50+ km from cliffs and volcanoes- 2 ➢ 49-25 km from cliffs and volcanoes- 1 ➢ Less than 25 km from cliffs and volcanoes- 0

12. Temperature ❖ Preferred Temperature- above 0 degrees ❖ Near the Poles will be cooler ❖ Near equator, warmer ❖ Warmer temperatures makes it easier for life 0 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit: 2 -1 to -25 degrees Fahrenheit: 1 -26 to -200 degrees Fahrenheit: 0

13. Potential Settlement Locations Coordinates for potential settlements. LongitudeLatitude 214.24226.266 99.037116.4712 251.25010.617 143.6517222.716354

14. Locations of Exploration Data Table LongitudeLatitudeTemperatureVolcano/CliffCaves/Lava Tubes HENDGlacial Ice 214.24226.26601010 99.037116.471210210 143.6517222.7163411210 251.25010.61702010 Rating Average 0.4 0.8 1 0.6

15. Data - Graph

16. Conclusions Hypothesis: If we can find the correct climate with flat area-not near cliffs or volcanoes, water ice accessibility, and collapsed lava tubes/caves, then we can find a place to settle/explore Mars. ★ Multiple potential settlement locations, ten found data ★ Location 3 ★ Still need more data ★ Data ★ Not experts, scale interpretation ★ Next step- more data

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