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To: ruready4eternity
WHy has the "mars" rover story taken a back seat lately? Is there 24 hr coverage of this thing? Does the public have any access to the discoveries? I just feel they are finding alot more than we are being told. There must be some amazing discoveries. I just hate waiting for them.

The reason that the Rover missions aren't getting much publicity is that they're in a routine science phase. They've already made and confirmed the big discovery; that the area where Opportunity landed was once a lake or shallow sea bed. Now they're compiling as much data as they can to get more "insight" into that initial discovery.

A couple of months ago the first batch of papers from the mission were published in the August 6 issue of Science. Most of these were about data from Spirit, and Opportunity has had the more "exciting" finds, so when the Opportunity papers come out, that should be interesting.

Here's some Web sites you might like for more info:

Mars Exploration Rover Mission

Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Press Releases

MarsQuest Online

Spirit's Flood of Papers (provides links to abstracts of the papers published in the August 6 issue; you'd have to have a subscription to Science to read them online)

7 posted on 09/22/2004 6:47:46 AM PDT by cogitator
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To: cogitator

What is the relationship between NASA and the DND and the Pentagon? How do they work with each other, if they do?


11 posted on 09/22/2004 8:25:14 AM PDT by ruready4eternity ( allah & the religion of "peace" Coming to a bus & crowded street near you- strapped with presents)
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To: cogitator

A "Thanks for some Links" BUMP!


18 posted on 09/22/2004 2:12:07 PM PDT by Pagey ("How did Hillary Clinton become a Senator"? Have you ever asked yourself that question?)
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