Mars Landing Site Chosen for Next Rover

After years of debate, NASA will unveil its choice on July 22--nearly 35 years to the day after the space agency's storied Viking 1 probe touched down on Mars


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  1. 1. CaNO3 12:21 AM 7/20/11

    First they told us the world was flat and we would fall off the edge. While the secretly divided the lands over the horizon.
    Now they limit space exploration to machines. It's with OUR best interests in mind.
    Easier than turning off the O2 to unruly space colonies.

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  2. 2. Quinn the Eskimo 01:11 AM 7/22/11

    Eberswalde is a beautiful place in the spring! I've got photos my grandfather took while he was on the "Grand Tour" of the Big Bang.

    I can't find them just now, but I've got 'em. Trust me.



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  3. 3. Quinn the Eskimo 01:12 AM 7/22/11

    Well, okay, the 'Grand Tour' was a movie. I forget what Carnival Cruise called their Big Bang Bonanza voyage.

    It was quite awhile ago.



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  4. 4. eanassir 02:29 AM 7/22/11

    It is better to choose landing at the mountain bases (although this will endanger their probe landing).
    So choose the high moutains of Mars such mountains have their tops covered with ice. The ice will percolate to find some exit on the slopes and in the valleys --> water springs, streams and rivers just like on Earth.
    http://www.quran-ayat.com/universe/new_page_2.htm#Comment_[about_the_Mars_images]

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