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Mars Race Heats up Further

Posted by michael on from the canadians-in-space dept.

anzha writes "It seems what was once the province of the superpowers is no longer so. ESA and the Japanese attempted their own Mars orbiters (successfully and not, respectively). The Brits fired off Beagle 2 and are talking of going for Beagle 3. Now the Canadians are talking about a probe for Mars in 2011. How long before we see the Japanese and Russians try again? Might India or China take a stab at it as well?"

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  1. Why not by n.o.d.y.n.e · · Score: 5, Funny

    Might India or China take a stab at it as well?

    Maybe they can out-source the labour to the West!

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  2. Right.... by FroMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    China: Going to the moon and mars ===> \. Yeah, take that US!
    India: Going to the moon and mars ===> \. Yeah, take that US!
    Japan: Going to the moon and mars ===> \. Yeah, take that US!
    ESA: Going to the moon and mars ===> \. Yeah, take that US!
    BFE: Going to the moon and mars ===> \. Yeah, take that US!
    <random 3rd world country>: Going to the moon and mars ===> \. Yeah, take that US!

    US: Going to the moon and mars ===> \. Never going to happen. It's only political showmanship.

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  3. Smart Alex Answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Might India or China take a stab at it as well?"

    They're too busy to fool with this. They have jobs.

  4. Wal-Mart by rixstep · · Score: 4, Funny

    We bought a water rocket kit from Wal-Mart. We're launching in April, hopefully on the first. Target: Io, moon of Jupiter. Finally anyone can enjoy the thrill of space exploration.

  5. Canadian Space Agency == Geeks? by Jorkapp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot:
    Now the Canadians are talking about a probe for Mars in 2011.

    Website Link:
    ...the CSA is interested in receiving include an orbiter, a single lander, or a network of small landers.
    Imagine that. A Beowolf cluster of Mars Landers. I wonder if they would run on linux?

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  6. Canadian mars probe by Angst+Badger · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now the Canadians are talking about a probe for Mars in 2011.

    They do know that liquid beer can't exist under Martian atmospheric pressures, don't they?

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    1. Re:Canadian mars probe by iggymanz · · Score: 2, Funny

      You don't understand. The purpose of the Canadian Mars probe will be to determine if beer has ever existed on Mars, or if conditions favorable to the brewing of beer ever existed on Mars. To avoid possible contamination the probes will be assembled in special "sober-rooms" by foreign immigrants. Special instruments on the probe's robotic arm will include a MoisonBrador spectrometer and a 2000ml Erienmeyer yeast culturing flask.

  7. Re:Just what we need by kommakazi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually all the land on all planets i our solar system is already legally owned by the guy who runs this site: Planetary Investments. Best to buy your space property now while it's really cheap...

  8. Re:How About The US? by kommakazi · · Score: 1, Funny

    and are the only country that has successfully put a man on another celestial object...

    Hate to be the devil's advocate, but we allegedly put a man on another celestial object "sucessfully"...