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Author Topic: Phoenix about to land on Mars - CNN now!  (Read 2004 times)
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« Reply To This #10 on: May 26, 2008, 05:30:52 PM »

I've been following the Rovers - the Planetary Society sends updates now and then.
Even the experts were  overjoyed - they really didn't think they would survive the 1st Martian winter and now are in their 3rd...
Lets hope the Phoenix does as well.  We have so many young people wishing to go into space - this is one more step in that direction.

The most interesting information for me was the lengths they go to make sure no Earthly bacteria gets spread to Mars.  The robotic arm even had extra covering because it has to actually touch the surface soil. 
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