Related Links:

The Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP) workshops:

Mars Astrobiology Science and Technology Workshop Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC September 8-10 , 2004

• http://astrobiotech.arc.nasa.gov

ASTEP Principal Investigator Workshop - Boulder Colorado January 20-21, 2004

• http://astep.arc.nasa.gov

Life Detection: Mars and Beyond workshop - Phoenix Arizona March 10-11, 2003

• http://mars2009.arc.nasa.gov

Other Web Reference:

Los  Alamos  National  Labortory Operated by the University of California for the US Department of Energy1998 Workshop for Mars Deep Drilling Workshop:

• http://www.ees4.lanl.gov/mars/index.html

The Mars Underground Mole(MUM): A subsurface penetration device.

• http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/sixthmars2003/pdf/3007.pdf

Swales Aerospace Demonstrates Low-Energy, Dry Planetary Drill Instrument Under NASA Contract Swales Only Team to Meet 10 Meter Goal During Field Test

• http://www.swales.com/news/pr_current/drydrilling_instrument.html

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) is an international research program that explores the history and structure of the Earth as recorded in seafloor sediments and rocks. IODP builds upon the earlier successes of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) and Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), which revolutionized our view of Earth history and global processes through ocean basin exploration.

• http://www.iodp.org/

The Lunar and Planetary Institute is a focus for academic participation in studies of thecurrent state, evolution, and formation of the solar system.

• Lunar and Planetary Institute

This web site provides access to a variety of educational products about Mars that have been developed at the Lunar and Planetary Institute.
• Exploring Mars

Mars Pathfinder home page. To ensure that the information is accurate and accessible the site was separated into two components that reflect that state of the mission before and after the July 4, 1997 landing.
• Mars Pathfinder

Mars Global Surveyor home page.
• Mars Global Surveyor

1996 Mars Compendium Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science (ARES)
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center list of files in Portable Document Format (pdf).
• Mars Meteorite Compendium - 1996

General information

NASA Home page
• NASA

NASA Ames Research Center home page
• NASA Ames Research Center