Making a Splash With a Hint of Mars Water, Science, 30 June 2000 “Opening the press conference, planetary geologist Michael Malin of Malin Space Science Systems Inc. (MSSS) in San […]
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Water Worlds
Research Suggests Water Content Of Moon Interior Underestimated “NASA-funded scientists estimate from recent research that the volume of water molecules locked inside minerals in the Moon’s interior could exceed the […]
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Unlikely Alliances Against Obama Space Policy
NASA’s mission to nowhere: Big, fat, pointless and expensive describes plan to twiddle our fingers, Paul Spudis and Bob Zubrin, Washington Times “Although we are known for holding different opinions […]
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James Cameron's 3D Vision For Mars
James Cameron lobbies NASA to include 3-D “eyes” on the next-generation Mars rover, Whittier Daily News “If the next generation rover is able to take high-resolution color movies in 3-D […]
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Costs Force SMD To Reconsider Mars Strategy
NASA May Stretch out Mars Missions to Save Money “NASA is considering a plan to get around limited budgets set in Washington by stretching out missions to bring back samples […]
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Humans and Robots on Mars – Two Opinions
Humans on Mars? Forget it, opinion, Simon Ramo, LA Times “But is this a worthy goal? It appears increasingly doubtful that an astronaut could accomplish something useful on Mars not […]
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Bolden: Mars Is The Destination
Senators to NASA chief: Go somewhere specific, AP “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said after the hearing that critics were confusing the lack of a specific destination or timetable with the […]
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More Mars Meteorite ALH84001 Discoveries Published (Update)
New Study Adds to Finding of Ancient Life Signs In Mars Meteorite, NASA “Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has reexamined the 1996 […]
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More Mars Meteorite ALH84001 Discoveries Published
Origins of magnetite nanocrystals in Martian meteorite ALH84001, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 73, Issue 21, 1 November 2009, Pages 6631-6677 “We conclude that the vast majority of the nanocrystal […]
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ESA/NASA Mars Agreement Signed (Update)
Nasa and Esa sign Mars agreement, BBC “The agreement, which was penned in Washington DC, gives the green light to scientists and engineers to begin the joint planning of Red […]