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Mars Odyssey Completes Aerobraking

Posted by michael on from the excuse-me-sir-do-you-know-how-fast-you-were-going dept.

Cally writes: "Space.com reports that Mars Odyssey has completed aerobraking and is ready to begin its main science mission. As the spacecraft has already produced exciting results before the start of the science mission proper, interesting data on the quantities of water in the Martian crust may be expected soon - not to mention that Odyssey provides another datapoint in the study of Gamma Ray bursts."

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  1. I'm all for exploration... by wo1verin3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but does nasa have any long term goals?

    What are we trying to achieve.

    I'm not looking for troll points, but am actually curious. Human colonization is quite unlikely due to the plant being so close to the Sun.

    Other then a place to live, does a planet such as this offer any benefit to us?

  2. It keeps engineers & scientists employed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If these engineers and scientists weren't preoccupied with their little space experiments
    then they would be out roaming the streets, preying on innocent children, and frightening
    women. Its better this way. Sure we could lock them all up, but there's always the chance they
    might produce something useful like a robotic sex slave.