University of Mars

The University of Mars was the first off-planet university set up by Terra Earth in 2108 on the anniversary of Humans successfully colonising Mars. The University was best known for it's projects of the Martian Tripod and that of the Terraforming Group. It was based around the final resting place of the rover Opportunity on Mars, and as a result the rover is the universities emblem, as well as them running the Opportunity and Spirit museum, with both rovers being found there.

Creation
In the Year 2108 Terra Earth set up a special University on Mars fro a chosen 1,000 people, all had have recived the James McCaghrey A-Level Award. The University specialised in Science, Warfare and Politics, to help this they created a 3-way leadership, each one specalising in one of those 3 topics. The first 3 leaders came from a strong stock, In charge of science was Oliver McCaghrey (2108-2152), James McCaghrey's Great Great Grandson and creater of the first Gravity Machine. Warfare was controlled by Thomas Godbald (2108-2174) Ryan Godbald's Great Great Great Grandson, and Ted Williams (2108-2134) Ryan Williams Grandson.

To get into the University, you had to recive the James McCaghrey A-Level Award, 6 A*'s for A-levels and 4 letters of recomendation. This was so "This expensive University can create the highest level of education for Earths most intelligent stduents". This ideas was supported by James McCaghrey and he made yearly contributions to the Univeristy for the next 22 years until his death.

Work
As well as normal studies, all of the students were expected to help build up the colony, as to help terraform Mars so that it could safely be inhabited by humans, through the Terraforming Engine.

Also, you had to do at least 2 hours of exercise a day.

Achievements
Within the first 10 years it had created huge acclaim, 52 government leaders, 12 Nobel Prize winning students and 102 Heroes in war. It was No.2 in the International Univrsities list in 2188 and was No.1 by 2122 and stayed that way until the Jovian University reached No.1 in 2456, for a brief 6 years until 2462 from where the Martian University took the lead again. n 2469 the Washington University of Science took the lead for a year before the Martian university again took the lead.

This competitiveness between the three major universities in the Sol System lead to the Annual Sail Race in 2480, from where Solar Wind ships were built to race to Pluto and back to Earth.

They had created the first Mass Teleoport that had range of 100 Light Days, in one burst it could send 1 million tonnes of an object to Pluto in 1.2345354252624735 Milli-seconds. But they then started working on tow projects that wold take the University 30 years to finish, The Martian Tripod and the Terraforming Engine.

Martian Tripod
Based on the Tripod from the War of the Worlds, they were created to be scouting ships.