Space Science: Colonization: Mars

Offers facts and figures about colonization and terraforming of Mars.

Detailed news report on how proponents of human settlements on Mars defend themselves against charges of contaminating what's possibly already thriving there.

Information from the Astrobiology Web about how and why Mars might be colonized.

Mars news site.

The Mars Homestead Project - building the first permanent settlement on Mars utilizing local materials.

Daily weblog covering all the latest news in international Planet Mars exploration efforts.

Everything about keeping time on Mars. Over 80 Martian calendars and over 40 Martian clock systems.

Published by the Mars Society; its archives contain significant articles on the rationale of colonization.

International Conference for the Exploration and Colonization of Mars.

A paper by Robert Zubrin.