About me

What is real and what is original

Real data

The missions, images, relief, the “Mars by the Numbers” figures, planetary positions and the facts of exploration are based on real data from space agencies and scientific sources (NASA, ESA, JPL, CNSA and others). They are rounded and simplified for outreach purposes.

The Martian calendar is the author’s own

The Martian calendar (Martian Horizon Time Standard, MH-STD-001) is a creation of the site’s author: it is not official and no space agency recognises it. It has been built with great rigour and links faithfully and consistently with the rest of the site (missions, events, converter and orbital map), but it is a standard of its own.

The Mars Atlas is fiction

The Mars Atlas is a futuristic vision of how Mars might develop around Martian year 100. Its cities, roads, ports and populations do not exist and do not follow any real plan: it has nothing to do with reality, except that certain original place names and the planet’s real relief have been used as a base.

None of it should be used to plan real missions or is presented as official information. See the Terms of Use and the Credits.

Hi, I am Jaime Marcos Rodríguez. I was born in Salamanca, I live in Burgos and, wherever I look, I end up looking at the sky.

I am an enthusiast of space and its exploration in general, and of Mars in particular. I am not a scientist or a space engineer: I am someone who found Mars far too interesting to stop looking at. Since then I follow every launch, every probe that arrives and every new picture the Red Planet sends back.

Why Martian Horizon

This site is my way of sharing that curiosity: a corner to follow the exploration of Mars, understand its missions and imagine what living there would be like, including its time. That is how the MH-STD-001 Martian calendar was born, with its sols, 18 months and its own clock, which you can explore in the Calendar, the Converter and the Orbital Map.

What you will find (and what you will not)

Outreach made with affection and as much rigour as I can manage, but from the standpoint of a hobbyist. If you spot a mistake or have an idea, write to me: I read every message.

missioncontrol@martianhorizon.com

Why Martian Horizon

What you will find (and what you will not)

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