Mars

Mars, Sol IV, "Mudball Earth"
INFORMATION
Quadrant:	Alpha
Star System:	Sol
Affiliations:	United Federation of Planets, Free Martian Colonies
Natives:	Martians (Human)
ASTROMETRIC DATA
Star Type(s):	G:V (Yellow Main Sequence Star)
Number of Planets:	9
Classification:	Class K (Terraformation in progress)
Number of Satellites:	2; Deimos and Phobos
PLANETOLOGICAL DATA
Atmosphere Type:	Primarily Carbon Dioxide (Not breathable)
Atmosphere Pressure:	Thin (approximately like standing at 2,000 feet above Mount Everest)
Hydrosphere:	Dry
Dominant Terrain:	Fesh-fesh deserts, mudflats, rocky terrain
Gravity:	0.38g (Earth=1)
Day/Night Cycle (Hours):	24 hours
LIFE DATA
Stage of Life Evolution:	Simple single-cellular; basic cyanobacterium, archaebacteria and hardy fungi for nitrogen soil enrichment
Capital:	Utopia Planitia City
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At a Glance

When people think of a terraformed and independent Mars, the reality is sometimes disappointing. The public perception and the scientific reality of terraformation are broadly different. Mars is undergoing terraformation but it will not be completed for centuries, and even then it will never be an "Earth-like" globe. The hope and the goal are to allow Humans to walk Mars without the need of a pressure sleeve or oxygen mask and to have a world that supports life forms. But Mars will always be colder and drier than Earth, with portions of it as uninhabitable as the highest or driest terrain on Earth. The goal for its eventual atmospheric pressure would be similar to about 4,000-5,000 feet above sea level on Earth.

Terrain