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Phoenix Mars Lander Hits Halfway Point

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hoping-history-does-not-repeat-itself dept.

It doesn't come easy writes "There is a nice write-up over at Space.com about Phoenix, NASA's next Mars lander. The article includes a few more details about the steps NASA is taking to ensure a successful mission." The Phoenix project was first given the green light earlier this year and hopes to benefit from some hard lessons learned on earlier projects.

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  1. Re:No liquid water? by lorelorn · · Score: 5, Informative
    Water doesn't melt on Mars- it can't due to low pressure.

    It sublimes, which means that it goes directly from a solid to a gas.

    This is more to do with pressure than temperature-it doesn't mean the ice is melting becasue it's 200 kelvin or anything.