This dramatic confirmation of standing water in Mars' history builds on a progression of discoveries about that most earthlike of alien planets. This result gives us impetus to expand our ambitious program of exploring Mars to learn whether microbes have ever lived there and, ultimately, whether we can.
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Life on Earth was not a cosmic fluke but part of a broad imperative. Mars is a lot like Earth. And billions of years ago it had some kind of atmosphere and huge quantities of flowing water.Ed Weiler
The number of first-class concepts being submitted to NASA by the space science community for these smaller missions just keeps on climbing.
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A lot of people have had bad days on Mars. They don't call it the death planet for nothing.
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The history of Hubble has been a roller coaster, or a trip to Mount Everest and down to Death Valley.
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Everyone on Earth who has ever dreamed of being an explorer on an alien planet will want to go along for the ride.
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Mars continues to surprise us at every turn. We expect Odyssey to remove some of the uncertainties and help us plan where we must go with future missions.
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