Can’t wait to try out my Gore-Tex on the Red Planet:

Scientists using data from the HRSC experiment onboard ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft have produced the first ‘hiker’s maps’ of Mars. Giving detailed height contours and names of geological features in the Iani Chaos region, the maps could become a standard reference for future Martian research.

You know, even after a 36-million mile space mission the rules are the same: a compass is more reliable than GPS and never go out without your maps (and, uh, a source of fresh oxygen).

Can Google Mars be far behind?

(Fun Mars factoid: If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 38 pounds on Mars. That would make it the must-visit destination for 23rd century backpackers.)