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NASA starts countdown to Mars mission
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| Wednesday, February 26, 2003 Posted: 12:33 PM EST (1733 GMT)
Posted on 02/26/2003 10:50:49 AM PST by RoughDobermann
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:09 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) -- Astronomers have started a countdown to the launch of two robotic buggies on a mission to find out if there is, or ever was, life on Mars.
Charles Elachi, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said final preparations were underway with one "exploration rove"' arriving at Cape Canaveral this week and the second due in three weeks.
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To: RoughDobermann
Very Cool, RD! Thanks!
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posted on
02/26/2003 11:18:20 AM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(Space is a Place, not a Program.)
To: Frank_Discussion
You're most welcome. Some needed good news...
I seem to recall there being a space list ping group, but I can't remember. If you do, please ping away.
To: RoughDobermann
Cool! I hope they can find Sheila’s flag!
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posted on
02/26/2003 11:21:29 AM PST
by
dead
To: RoughDobermann
They get that metric conversion issue figured out yet?
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posted on
02/26/2003 11:23:09 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Go Fast, Turn Left!)
To: dead
LOL!
To: IYAS9YAS
Ugh. I hope so.
To: RoughDobermann
Capricorn I?
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posted on
02/26/2003 11:25:33 AM PST
by
rudy45
To: RoughDobermann; dead
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posted on
02/26/2003 9:29:47 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is slavery.)
To: IYAS9YAS
1" = 2.52cm exactly. (Except for USGS measurements where 1yd = 3600/3937m exactly.)
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posted on
02/26/2003 9:32:31 PM PST
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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