Facts about Mars

[UnknDoomer]

 

You probably know Google Maps same as Google Earth. But did you know that Google Mars also exist? http://earth.google.com/mars

Edited April 4, 2021 by UnknDoomer

[Keyran-Solo]

The average distance from the sun is 142 million miles...

[Hitboi]

Mars is a planet.
Please don't ban me.

[Silhouette 03]

If you look closely, you can almost see the Hell portal being built by Tesla the UAC.

[Jello]

I call first play on Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3.

[Gothic]

Mars, just like Earth, is round.

[Maximum Matt]

Men are from there.

[spineapple tea]

Those sounds from mars sounds like something straight from the Half Life 2 betas.

 

1 hour ago, Maximum Matt said:

Men are from there.

Also I thought that was Jupiter.

[Maximum Matt]

No, but apparently Earth, Wind and Fire are.

[Bucket]

4 minutes ago, N1ck said:

Also I thought that was Jupiter.

 

No, men are FROM Mars.

They GO TO Jupiter, to get more stupider.

[P41R47]

7 minutes ago, Bucket said:

 

No, men are FROM Mars.

They GO TO Jupiter, to get more stupider.

And after that, wi al go tu Uranus heh heh heh heh heh heh

[Dweller Dark]

This isn't directly related to Mars, but the planet Klendagon in Mass Effect is based on Mars, even having the same geography as the red planet.

[Misty]

Mars has some quakes time from time, despite not having tectonic plates like we have here on Earth. 

[Grazza]

13 hours ago, UnknDoomer said:

But did you know that Google Mars also exist? http://earth.google.com/mars

Yup. Also Sky (stars, galaxies and shit) and Moon. The Moon one is especially cool as it includes landing sites and vehicle paths.

[AtticTelephone]

Mars is actually Hell, which was made pretty obvious in E2 ending text. Even if it isn't Hell, there's no way anyone would want to stay there because of all the dust and crap.

[Gez]

10 minutes ago, AtticTelephone said:

Mars is actually Hell, which was made pretty obvious in E2 ending text.

Nope.

THE STORY SO FAR

     You're a marine, one of Earth's toughest, hardened in
combat and trained for action. Three years ago, you
assaulted a superior officer for ordering his soldiers to
fire upon civilians. He and his body cast were shipped to
Pearl Harbor, while you were transferred to Mars, home of
the Union Aerospace Corporation.

     The UAC is a multi-planetary conglomerate with
radioactive waste facilities on Mars and its two moons,
Phobos and Deimos. With no action for fifty million miles,
your day consisted of suckin' dust and watchin' restricted
flicks in the rec room.

     For the last four years the military, UAC's biggest
supplier, has used the remote facilities on Phobos and
Deimos to conduct various secret projects, including
research on inter-dimensional space travel. So far they
have been able to open gateways between Phobos and Deimos,
throwing a few gadgets into one and watching them come out
the other. Recently however, the Gateways have grown
dangerously unstable. Military "volunteers" entering them
have either disappeared or been stricken with a strange
form of insanity--babbling vulgarities, bludgeoning
anything that breathes, and finally suffering an untimely
death of full-body explosion. Matching heads with torsos to
send home to the folks became a full-time job. Latest
military reports state that the research is suffering a
small set-back, but everything is under control.

     A few hours ago, Mars received a garbled message from
Phobos. "We require immediate military support. Something
fraggin' evil is coming out of the Gateways! Computer
systems have gone berserk!" The rest was incoherent. Soon
afterwards, Deimos simply vanished from the sky. Since
then, attempts to establish contact with either moon have
been unsuccessful.

     You and your buddies, the only combat troop for fifty
million miles were sent up pronto to Phobos. You were
ordered to secure the perimeter of the base while the rest
of the team went inside. For several hours, your radio
picked up the sounds of combat: guns firing, men yelling
orders, screams, bones cracking, then finally, silence.
Seems your buddies are dead.

IT'S UP TO YOU
     Things aren't looking too good. You'll never navigate
off the planet on your own. Plus, all the heavy weapons
have been taken by the assault team leaving you with only a
pistol. If only you could get your hands around a plasma
rifle or even a shotgun you could take a few down on your
way out. Whatever killed your buddies deserves a couple of
pellets in the forehead. Securing your helmet, you exit the
landing pod. Hopefully you can find more substantial
firepower somewhere within the station.

     As you walk through the main entrance of the base, you
hear animal-like growls echoing throughout the distant
corridors. They know you're here. There's no turning back
now.

 

[smeghammer]

Mars is also a piece of classical music by Holst. It's actually fuckin' excellent.

 

Mars has clear seasons - you can see the ice caps extend and recede (mostly carbon dioxide ice).

 

Mars sky is redder than originally thought. Early colour photos from Viking captured a view of an external wire, and the colour was not right and on correction the sky was more pink.

 

The 'canals' on Mars are visual artefacts caused by our brains joining up dots.

[Maximum Matt]

John Carmack most likely owns some of it.

[Liberation]

Due to the atmospheric pressure on mars being alot less than earth, water starts to boil at 10 centigrade.

 

The peak temperature during the summer season is 20 centigrade.

 

Humans are made of nearly 60% water. 

 

So... Being stuck outside on mars without a pressure suit, during peak summer time would have a rather unpleasant result.

[cannonball]

Mars is a large multinational corporation that produces mostly confectionery and pet food. It was founded in 1911. 
Clearly Doomguy was a sleeper agent from Kraft foods group and the game was a propaganda piece....

 

Okay a more serious answer, the air consists of 95% carbon dioxide, so no exactly breathable.

Edited April 4, 2021 by cannonball

[UnknDoomer]

And after that, wi al go tu Uranus heh heh heh heh heh heh

 

[Doom_Dude]

 

Found this map for the version of Mars from the John Carter novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.