SETI public: Whatever happened to Mars Polar Lander?

From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Sun Dec 28 2003 - 11:57:56 PST

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    Spaceflight:

    * Whatever Happened to Mars Polar Lander? U.S. Spy Agencies Might Know

    http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/mars_polar_lander_031222.html

    On January 3, 1999, NASA's Mars Polar Lander roared away from Earth on a bold mission to explore a unique region of the red planet. The spacecraft was to gently set itself down near the border of Mars' southern polar cap, the first ever spacecraft to study the distant world's polar environment.

    * Veteran Astronaut Jim Lovell: 'Back to the Moon, On to Mars'
    http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/lovell_031225.html

    It's been 35 years since the Christmas voyage of Apollo 8, marking the first time humans had circled the Moon.

    * Astronotes: Top Science Story of 2003: Confirmation of the Dark Side
    http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html

    The universe is made mostly of stuff we can't see and don't understand, and it's all being pushed or pulled apart by some mystery force about which we know equally little.


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