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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. Probably? by Xoid629 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "... this is probably the reason for all the Mars probes launched over the last few months."
    Umm... yes, exactly as has been mentioned in most articles mentioning those probes. Seriously, it's not a matter of speculation. Its been quite obvious for some time that several probes have been launched in response to this event.