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Digital copy of "The Martian Chronicles" on Mars - CBS News

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:43:59 +0000

A digital copy of Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles" along with works by other science fiction legends was flown into space in 2007 by NASA's Phoenix spacecraft, which touched down on the Martian arctic plains.

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Digital copy of "The Martian Chronicles" on Mars - CBS News

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:43:59 +0000

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Radio hams pick up Mars rover Curiosity's signals • The Register

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:15:12 +0000

Amateur radio enthusiasts using a restored dish antenna in Germany say they have successfully picked up telemetry from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, now outward bound for Mars carrying a one-ton nuclear powered robot rover named Curiosity towards a date with destiny in the Elysium Planitia.

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NASA says we've been looking for Martian life in all the wrong places

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:27:57 +0000

Don't worry—if we do find evidence of Martians, it will still be on Mars, we'll probably just have to dig a little deeper to find it. A new NASA study has concluded that if life ever thrived on the Red Planet, it probably did so underground, just below the planet's surface. In other words, life...

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Hostin: It's Naked Cowboy, 1; naked M&M, 0 - CNN.com

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:23:32 +0000

"plausibly argues that consumers would believe that the M&M Cowboy characters were promoting a product rather than merely parodying The Naked Cowboy, and that viewers would believe that The Naked Cowboy had endorsed M&Ms"

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Charlie's Diary: Alternative boondoggles

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:46:36 +0000

"Either way, the direct costs of the Iraq war exceed the maximum cost estimate for a manned Mars expedition, infrastructure and all, by 20%"

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The Onion: Mars Rover Beginning To Hate Mars

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:10:51 +0000

The conceit, originating on LJ, that Spirit is a disgruntled goth, while Opportunity is an what we'd call in High School days - a "social" has gone mainstream.

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Mars orbiter reaches Red Planet

Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:32:27 +0000

"The re-establishment of contact half an hour later was met with jubilation from the mission team at the US space agency's (Nasa) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California."

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The New Yorker: Shouts and Murmurs - WHAT I’D SAY TO THE MARTIANS

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:32:57 +0000

"by Jack Handey"

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APOD: 2005 April 1 - Water on Mars

Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:30:51 +0000

Holy crap! Water on Mars! (Holy crap, I hate April 1st)

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'Bounce' rock's cosmic portent

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:07:58 +0000

"Bounce's chemical composition exactly matches that of a meteorite that hit the ground in Shergotty, India, on Aug. 25, 1865."

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Methane find on Mars may be sign of life

Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:10:01 +0000

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NASA Mars Rover Animation Spoof | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:14:51 +0000

(direct link to .MOV) Illustrates the dangers in drilling holes in strange rocks.

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Mars Express Confirms Water Ice on Red Planet

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 19:13:29 +0000

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Mars rover sending data again

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:20:03 +0000

Hooray!

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