{"id":997,"date":"2007-02-12T08:51:42","date_gmt":"2007-02-12T13:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=997"},"modified":"2007-02-12T08:51:42","modified_gmt":"2007-02-12T13:51:42","slug":"this-just-in-topo-maps-of-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/02\/12\/this-just-in-topo-maps-of-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"This just in: Topo maps of Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.innovations-report.de\/html\/berichte\/physik_astronomie\/bericht-78615.html\">Can&#8217;t wait to try out my Gore-Tex on the Red Planet: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Scientists using data from the HRSC experiment onboard ESA&#8217;s Mars Express spacecraft have produced the first &#8216;hiker&#8217;s maps&#8217; 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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).<br \/>\n<P>Can Google Mars be far behind?<\/p>\n<p><P>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.factmonster.com\/ipka\/A0769141.html\">Fun Mars factoid: <\/a>  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.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can&#8217;t wait to try out my Gore-Tex on the Red Planet: Scientists using data from the HRSC experiment onboard ESA&#8217;s Mars Express spacecraft have produced the first &#8216;hiker&#8217;s maps&#8217; of Mars. Giving detailed height contours and names of geological features&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/02\/12\/this-just-in-topo-maps-of-mars\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}