Posted by jburk to General News at March 11, 2004 09:24 PM

Mars exploration is in the news, and Idaho State University is emerging as a national leader in studying the Red Planet, according to a press release. ISU Department of Geosciences researchers will make presentations at two upcoming national conferences: March 15-19 at the 35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in League City, Texas, near Houston and the Johnson Space Center; and May 3-5 at The Geological Society of America's Rocky Mountain Section and Cordilleran Section Joint Meeting in Boise.