Mars spacecraft has landed successfully!!!

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Mars spacecraft has landed successfully!!!

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Wow, the next question is, will it find life on mars??? :)
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Without talking about UFOs, I wonder too. :mrgreen:
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acc wrote:Wow, the next question is, will it find life on mars??? :)
well...at least its a consolation for the loss of the Beagle...looks like snoopy won't be calling home...
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For those who want to read all about the Mars mission, check this out :

http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/home/index.html
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Hi,
Let's hope that "Spirit" brother - "Opportunity" will also land sucessfully on Mars at 24 Jan.
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weixing wrote:Hi,
Let's hope that "Spirit" brother - "Opportunity" will also land sucessfully on Mars at 24 Jan.
of course...as the chinese couplet goes : " good luck always comes in pairs".
remember the Vikings ? I was reading about them and apparently, they are currently non-operative and corroding away inspite that there is little oxygen in the atmosphere...
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