NASA Selects Proposals for Future Mars Missions

NASA Selected Proposals for Future Mars Missions and Studies two weeks ago, for a mission that will be leaving in 2011 and have a relatively low budget. The proposals all center around either the chemical composition of the atmosphere, including organic compounds, oxidants, and other molecules in the atmosphere or a more general understanding of the processes in the upper atmosphere. Personally, I think that the composition of the atmosphere is at the point more important in being able to develop possible ways to derive a subsistence on Mars. The weather can be more of a concern once the basics of living on Mars are developed to the degree that weather might affect the more delicate processes.