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NASA Eyes Svalbard For Mars Research

Posted by Hemos on from the testing-it-out dept.

TomMajor writes "The US space agency NASA is keen on using Svalbard as a regular testing grounds for future expeditions to Mars. One expert says research conditions on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago are "first-class.""

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  1. NasaWatch visits Svalbard by RobotWisdom · · Score: 3, Informative

    Keith Cowing of NasaWatch weblog is one of the Americans doing research at 'Mars Summer Camp' on Devon Island. Illustrated journals are available for last year and for the season just starting: [example and links]

  2. Panzerbjorn! by MightyTribble · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's all part of NASA's plans to recruit Panzerbjorn for their Conquest of the Red Planet. Apparently they intend to send an armored bear expedition to the Martian north pole via an Aeronaut balloon, to claim the ice deposits in the name of Science. In other news, NASA plans to change it's name to the General Oblation Board...

  3. Re:Too easy to find ... by raduga · · Score: 3, Funny
    >Worse, the life - seal, polar bear, fox, and walrus
    >[cia.gov] - is potentially hazardous to equipment.
    >^^^^^^

    Of these few, surely the most hazardous animals of all.

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