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Close Encounters Of The Mars Kind

Posted by timothy on from the bask-in-its-warlike-glow dept.

Lab_rat0 writes "Never again in our lifetimes will the Red Planet be so spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars, an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. This article at EliteGeek has more details. According to Agg over at OCAU, this is probably the reason for all the Mars probes launched over the last few months."

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  1. Re:Probably? -MOD PARENT UP- by DasBub · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In other news, it has been suggested that eating fast food will make you gain weight and that watching Real TV will make you sterile.