Mars: - Home of The Triple A's
This is Mars, our home.
We live in Viking City near the equator of Mars. It is a series of large plastic domes and connecting passages and air locks which cover all the buildings that make up our town.
It's called Viking City after one of the first space craft from Earth which landed near here in 1977 and sent back pictures. There are three other such 'cities' on Mars and a number of smaller research stations but Viking City is the largest.
Here are some facts about Mars
| Distance from the Sun | 228,000,000 km |
| Closest distance to Earth | 56,000,000 km |
| Furthest distance from Earth | 400,000,000 km |
| Mass (Earth = 1) | 0.11 |
| Radius (Earth = 1) | 0.53 |
| Length of Day on Mars | 24.6 Earth Hours |
| Length of Year on Mars | 1.88 Earth Years |
| Gravity | One third of Earth |
| Moons 2 | Demios and Phobos |
| Temperature Range | -87C to 17C |
| Atmosphere (very thin) | Carbon dioxide, nitrogen & other trace gasses |