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To: NormsRevenge

If it is like the Mars Rovers it will be digging for 90 months.


6 posted on 05/19/2008 1:30:23 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (CHAOS)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This one is not a rover unfortunately, it’s gonna just sit there and dig around, has some pretty cool instrumentation onboard. http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/science05.php

It’s an effort involving the University of Arizona.
http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/

THE MISSION
The University of Arizona is honored to be the first public university to lead a mission to Mars. The Phoenix Mars Mission, scheduled to land May 25, 2008, is the first in NASA’s “Scout Program.” Scouts are designed to be highly innovative and relatively low-cost complements to major missions being planned as part of the agency’s Mars Exploration Program.


11 posted on 05/19/2008 1:36:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
If it is like the Mars Rovers it will be digging for 90 months.

Those things make the Energizer Bunny look weak!

14 posted on 05/19/2008 1:42:25 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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