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NASA Plans On Bringing Back Martian Rocks

Posted by timothy on from the what's-a-couple-of-billion-for-some-rocks dept.

FortKnox writes: "In this Y! article, NASA is planning on sending a robotic mission to Mars in an attempt to bring back Martian stuff (rocks, soil, etc...). Looks like its a tough mission to plan for; they are calling it 'Apollo without the astronauts.'" I would like to go to Mars in person, but if they're spending my money already, I'd like them to please use robots for a while.

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  1. More Information... by robbyjo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is the lab of Jet propulsion labs that does the robot thingie. This is the software to test the robustness of the robots. NASA has learnt from several failures apparently.

    A picture of martian rock with some explanations, if you're interested. Along with some interesting rock with bug patterns!

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  2. Yet More Information... by robbyjo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is the link of the actual Mars mission along with the status and risks. And check out all the robotics projects behind the scene. Cool...

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