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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. Re:hmmmm... by Queer+Boy · · Score: 0, Redundant
    We're all lying in the gutter, but some of us are staring at the stars. -Oscar Wilde
    Think about that.
    --
    Not since Marie-Antoinette played milkmaid has looking simple and honest been so fake and complicated.