The Exploration of Mars thread is getting rather large and therefore difficult to read. With more missions to Mars planned this thread is likely to become huge.

For a while I have been considering making some changes. What I am thinking of doing is splitting the single thread into several different threads (as is already the case with the Cassini mission). no posts will be lost in this process and I will provide links to the other threads at the start of each of the new, smaller threads to ensure that finding a post is still easy.

My suggestion is this six smaller, more manageable threads

• Mars Express - images and results from ESA's Mars Express mission.
• Mars Global Surveyor - images and results from NASA's MGS mission.
• Mars Odyssey - images and results from NASA's Mars Odyssey mission.
• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - images and results from NASA's MOC mission.
• Mars Phoenix Lander - News from NASA's new lander to be launched later this year.
• Exploration of Mars - Any new discovery about Mars which is not specific to one mission or is from Earth based observations. This will also include news on proposed future missions.

As new missions are launched new threads will be added.

If you are a reader of the Exploration of Mars thread your input would be welcome. I will leave this poll open for a month. I will use this poll for guidance rather than a binding decision. If you have any suggestions of your own please feel free to post them.

Thank you,
Waspie_Dwarf

I say split dude!
phoenix is college site tho....like messenger...B

Well not a huge number of votes and fairly evenly split. There seems to be no strong feeling one way or the other and so, in the next few days, I will start splitting the Mars thread as suggested in the original post.

I have now started the process of splitting the "Exploration of Mars" thread. The first of the new, smaller threads is Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which contains news and images specific to that mission. Other threads will be split off from the main thread in the next few days and I will up date this thread with links to the new threads as they are finished.

Note. I am keeping this thread locked for the simple reason that the poll is now irrelevant as the process is on-going.

Waspie_Dwarf

The second topic has now been split off and can be found here: Mars Odyssey. As with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter thread this contains news and images specific to that mission.

The two most active of the Mars threads have now been seperated. The Mars Exploration Rovers and Mars Express threads will follow shortly..

Waspie_Dwarf

I have now sepearated the Exploration of Mars thread as per my original post. The individual posts can be found by clicking on the links below. In additional the first post in each thread will have links to the other threads.

• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
  
• Mars Odyssey
  
• Mars Exploration Rovers
  
• Mars Express
  
• Mars Global Surveyor
  
• Mars Phoenix Lander (Only one post so far but this thread will become active as the scheduled launch date for this mission approaches).
  
• Exploration of Mars (for non-mission specific news and discoveries).