Mars/New Mexico Connection
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Dr. Larry Crumpler, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Space Science Research Curator, Volcanology / Space Sciences, was selected as one of twenty-three (23) Scientists to work on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission http://athena.cornell.edu/the_mission/scientists.html http://164.64.119.7/nmmnh/p3_staff_res_lcrumpler.html
Athena Student Interns Program
Sudents and teachers from 13 U.S. high schools are participating in the Athena Student Interns Program (ASIP). They are working with scientists from the Mars Exploration Rover Project (MER) to investigate the geologic history of Mars. When the rovers are on Mars, ASIP students will travel to the Jet Propulsion Lab in California to help with data analysis. Participating high schools include: Laguna-Acoma High School, New Laguna, N.M., 87038.
Principal: Lanny Griffith
Teacher: Joe Aragon
Students: Brandon Herrera and Mark Vallejos
http://www.athena.cornell.edu/educators/asip.html
Los Alamos National Laboratories
For more than a year, Los Alamos' neutron spectrometer has been carefully mapping the hydrogen content of the planet's surface by measuring changes in neutrons given off by soil, an indicator of hydrogen likely in the form of water-ice. The new color maps are available at http://www.lanl.gov/worldview/news/photos/mars.shtml online.