SETI public: Fw: How exosolar planets survive / Mars Express performs major maneuver

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PLANETARY SURVIVOR STRATEGY: OUTEAT, OUTWEIGH, OUTLAST
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Of the first 100 stars found to harbor planets, more than 30 stars host a
Jupiter-sized world in an orbit smaller than Mercury's, whizzing around
its star in a matter of days. Planet formation is a contest, where a
growing planet must fight for survival lest it be swallowed by the star
that initially nurtured it.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/29planetary/

MARS EXPRESS REACHES NEW ORBIT AROUND RED PLANET
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The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft performed a major
maneuver today, changing its initial "capture" orbit achieved on Christmas
morning to a new orbit needed for the probe's scientific investigations of
the Red Planet.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/marsexpress/status.html

CHINA LAUNCHES JOINT EUROPEAN SCIENCE SATELLITE
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The first of two new international science satellites was launched from a
Chinese launch pad Monday, ending that nation's most active year in space
and opening the next chapter in learning about the complicated
relationship between Earth and our Sun.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/29doublestar/

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