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NASA Plans Mission To Study Martian Atmosphere

Posted by samzenpus on from the say-hi-to-marvin dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Since the atmospheric blanket of Mars is fast disappearing, NASA is planning a mission to Mars in 2013 to study the Red Planet further. The $400-million plus project named the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) will investigate how Mars lost most of its atmosphere. This will be critical in understanding whether there has been life there or not."

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  1. Re:You may not know this but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Leftists will throw every excuse they can think of to dissuade people from pursuing this, because they derive their power from perpetuating scarcity and fragile earth crisis mongering.