More Mars Missions

Vertigo_b writes "NASA launched another robot to Mars, this robot will orbit the planet and collect weather data for one Martian year, somewhere around 650 days or so. It should reach the planet by September of 99. January 3rd, NASA is launching another robot, this one will land on the south pole of Mars and check some things out, examining soil and whatnot. The weather orbiter is supposed to transmit the information that the polar bot recieves, kind of interesting. " Check this out for more information.