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NASA is scrapping a controversial piece of hardware from its next-generation Mars.
Saturday, November 22, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Los Angeles: NASA is scrapping a controversial piece of hardware from its next-generation Mars rover that would have allowed the spacecraft to store rock fragments in a mini-basket for a future mission.
The decision to slash the storage bin from the Mars Science Laboratory's payload came as engineers raced to meet an October 2009 launch deadline on a project beset by escalating costs and technic
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Maharashtra lake may offer clues to Mars
Monday, September 29, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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In the preparation of expeditions to Mars, a little known lake Lonar in Buldana district of Maharashtra may have a part to play.
The nearly circular Lonar lake’s distinction is that not only it is believed to have been created by the impact of a meteorite from outer space, “it is the only impact crater found in the world on basaltic terrain of hard rock,similar to that in Mars,”, according to Pra
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Indian origin geologist has clue to life on Mars
Thursday, June 14, 2007 sify.com
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Technology
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Mineral-filled 'microtubules' found in the glassy surfaces of ancient undersea lava may be some of the earliest evidence of microscopic life on Earth, an Indian origin Canadian geologist has said. According to Professor Neil Banerjee from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, it may also be a clue to life on Mars.
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