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Mars on Earth

Posted by michael on from the red-dead-and-dusty dept.

rmohr02 writes "According to Reuters, scientists at Leicester University have recreated the atmospheric conditions of Mars in order to aid in planning the mission of the Beagle 2, set to leave for Mars in May 2003 and arrive the following December. The Beagle 2 will be searching for life and plans to set down on top of an underground lake."

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  1. Uhh... by TweeKinDaBahx · · Score: 0, Troll

    This will be useful in designing a equipment. We really don't know that much about Mars yet, much less what it would take to put a manned mission there, but given time and devices like thi one, will eventually get there. Hopefully they don't send an american team tho, or else it will be polluted with beer cans and broken glass by 2025.

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