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Mars-Express On Its Way

Posted by michael on from the au-revoir dept.

Nebukadnezar writes "Two weeks ago, Mars-Express tested its sensors and took some marvelous data and pics of the Earth-Moon system from a distance of about 8*10^6 km. Nice to see our neighborhood once in a while. BTW check out the spectrometer readings of Earth: water shows up very clearly. I wonder what this instrument will tell us about water on Mars..."

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  1. Methane.. by Rudy+Rodarte · · Score: 1, Funny

    According to this chart, earth has enough methane to show up on this orbiters sensors. Ok /.ers, it's time to lay off the Taco Bell and Burrito King visits during lunch.

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  2. unmanned/manned exploration by Madcapjack · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unmanned exploration is good because it brings good solid data. Manned exploration is good because we have opposable thumbs.

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