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NEWS ABOUT: red planet

red planet stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

 Send Astronauts to Mars 
 —and Leave Them There 

Why a one-way ticket is the best way to the red planet

Sep 1, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The most feasible way to get humans on Mars is to offer retirement-age astronauts one-way tickets to live out their last days on the red planet. Say what? It's not as crazy as it sounds, writes scientist Lawrence Krauss in the New York Times, who believes his plan would solve... More »

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NASA • space exploration • Mars • astronauts • red planet

 Methane Hints at Life on Mars 

Gas released in high concentrations could be from bacteria

Jan 15, 09 4:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The discovery of high methane concentrations on Mars may hint that underground life exists on the red planet, the Houston Chronicle reports. Scientists funded by NASA and other institutions, using Earth-based telescopes, have found plumes of methane in such high concentrations they believe bacteria, which can also produce the gas... More »

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NASA • Mars • space • bacteria • methane • extraterrestrial life • red planet

Mars Toxin
Dims Hopes for Red Planet Life

Rocket fuel chemical found is soil, but could be from Earth

Aug 5, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Phoenix lander has found a toxin in Mars soil that considerably decreases the odds of finding Martian life, Science.com reports. The chemical, perchlorate, is a harsh oxidizing agent often used in solid rocket fuel, so researchers are double checking to ensure it wasn’t carried from Earth. The... More »

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Mars • extraterrestrial life • Phoenix Mars Lander • red planet

 Scientists Hatch Round-Trip
 Mission to Mars
 

Unmanned spacecraft would bring back rocks and possibly microscopic life

Jul 14, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Before scientists can put a man on Mars, they first need to figure out how to get a mission back to Earth, reports the Guardian. An international team is doing just that—developing an $8 billion mission to travel to Mars and return with rock samples and possibly microscopic life.... More »

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NASA • Mars • European Space Agency • space travel • microbes • Martian • outer space • red planet

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