MISSION 2004:
The Search for Life on Mars

12.000 Solving Complex Problems

Mission 2004 Final Presentation
Monday, December 11th
4-6pm, Room 6-120

Tharsis Region. False color Mars digital elevation model from MGS/MOLA altimetry data. (NASA/MOLA Science Team/GSFC Scientfic Visualization Studio).

Forty-nine MIT freshmen have worked this fall to design a mission to search for past or present life on Mars. Divided into ten teams, these students have had the coaching of upperclassmen, the mentoring of MIT alumni/ae, and the contact of MIT faculty.

• Learn more about the course.
• Review the details of the students' Mission Plan in a comprehensive website.
• Watch the students' presentation from December 11th. You will need RealPlayer for viewing.
  • Standard 56k
  • Quick 80k
  • Hi-speed 220k

Supported by the d'Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, this class is being taught by Professor Kip Hodges (Course XII) as a part of an Institute-wide initiative to expand the horizons of freshman education.