Phoenix Headed for Martian North Pole in 2007

Posted by michael on Tuesday August 5, 2003 @12:02AM from the need-some-original-names dept.

jschuur writes "After narrowing down the selections to 4 finalists, NASA has chosen the Phoenix Mars lander design for its 2007 Scout Mission to the planet Mars. Phoenix, a joint project between the University of Arizona and Planetary Laboratory was designed after the doomed 1999 Mars Polar Lander and recycles much of its design and instrument ideas. A staggering $325 million grant was awarded to the University of Arizona for the project, which will also include Canadian participation. Phoenix is scheduled to land on Mars in May of 2008."

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End Man Space Flight by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-05 00:12 · Score: -1, Flamebait

NASA need more projects like this. Manned space flight is waste of money. This is real science.
Re:Unit system by Rogerborg · 2003-08-05 00:45 · Score: -1, Flamebait

...arian?

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