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Mars Express Begins Search for Water on Mars

Posted by timothy on from the first-let's-try-seattle dept.

H_Fisher writes "The BBC reports that the Mars Express spacecraft team is ready to deploy a radar antenna to search for traces of water and ice beneath the Martian surface. The deployment has been delayed for a year due to concerns that the unfurled antenna might damage the spaceship. Mission controllers are optimistic; perhaps the ESA will be the next to make an important discovery about the red planet?"

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  1. For the next Nasa project by hardwarejunkie9 · · Score: 0, Troll

    maybe they should work on making a boat so they can go skii on all that water the next time they're there... Another good idea would be an in-depth study of metric conversion.

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  2. Re:Heh by Cobblepop · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, my friend can beat up your friend.

  3. Watch where you point that thing by Bad+to+the+Ben · · Score: 0, Troll

    As if it wasn't enough throwing bits of solid metal and stuff at the Martians, now we're going to increase their risk of cancer by nuking them with radio waves! If there is intelligent life down there they've got to be pretty pissed by now. We could at least beam them cable TV or something to make up for it.