MarsNews.com wins Popular Science "50 Best of the Web" Award

Posted October 12, 1999
by Popular Science

Press Release

August 12, 1999 (Boulder, CO) - MarsNews.com has been named as one of this year's Popular Science 50 Best of the Web, an annual award given to the best Science and Tecnology websites. Popular Science is the producer of a leading science and techology magazine and companion website. This award will be featured in the cover story of the September 1999 issue of the magazine.

Dear Webmaster:

Congratulations! You now belong to a very exclusive group. I'm thrilled to inform you that MarsNews.com has been named as one of Popular Science's "50 Best Of The Web." This annual award recognizes your site for its excellent science and technology content.

Each month, Popular Science publishes Web Watch, a list of Internet sites that impress our editors. Recognizing the best of these with an annual award seemed like a natural extension of the monthly column. The award winning sites are featured in a special 9-page section in our September 1999 issue on newstands now.

Your site will also be listed in a directory that will appear on the Popular Science Web site (www.popsci.com/context/features/bow99/). A direct link will be provided to your site for convenience.

We realize you may want to promote the fact that you have won this award, so we're attaching an award graphics file and some linking instructions to this letter. We recommend that you place the button somewhere on your home page, but feel free to use it at your discretion.

Once again, the editors of Popular Science commend you on your fine work in making science and technology such a vibrant part of the Internet.

Cecilia Wessner
Editor
Popular Science

MarsNews.com is the Mars Society's "NewsWire for the New Frontier", a comprehensive news and information resource covering the planet Mars. The website offers sections on missions to Mars, technology, planetlogy, the search for life on Mars, and general space news.

MarsNews.com can be reached worldwide at the Internet address http://www.marsnews.com/

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