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NASA, European Space Agency Want To Go To Mars

Posted by Soulskill on from the merging-to-beat-their-competitors dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are aiming to cooperate on all manner of robotic orbiters, landers and exploration devices for a future trip to Mars. Specifically, NASA and ESA recently agreed to consider the establishment of a new joint initiative to define and implement their scientific, programmatic, and technological goals for the exploration of Mars. The program would focus on several launch opportunities with landers and orbiters conducting astrobiological, geological, geophysical, climatological, and other high-priority investigations and aiming at returning samples from Mars in the mid-2020s."

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  1. Cooperation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as they agree on one set of units it should be fine.

    1. Re:Cooperation by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Funny

      (Mars lander smacks into planet at ballistic speeds)

      "I don't understand. By my calculations 1000 foot-pounds was enough thrust to bring the lander to soft landing." - NASA engineer

      "Je ne vous comprends pas, culturelement appauvri impérialiste chien de porc." - ESA engineer

      Fixed that for you.

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    2. Re:Cooperation by RiotingPacifist · · Score: 3, Funny

      AFAIK Australia doesn't have a space agency!

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  3. Re:First things first. by Kagura · · Score: 2, Funny

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  4. Re:First things first. by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oil?

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