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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. Re:Ugh, not a good thing by Tenfish · · Score: 3, Informative

    Mars may not be a large planet, but it has roughly the same land area as Earth.

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    --Guns don't kill people, abortion clinics kill people.
  2. Canada's Mars Mission Site by Leif_Bloomquist · · Score: 5, Informative

    Odd that the article didn't link to this.

    http://www.marsrocks.ca