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2003-11-14 East Asia

Japanâs rough year in space: Mars probe to crash

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Posted by Dar 2003-11-14 10:32:22 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "crash onto the planet and possibly contaminate it with earthly microbes."

How much 'earthly' biological material can be on the vehicle? Enough to terraform Mars? Hell, given a couple of more of these accidents and we could just start colonizing the place.

Posted by Sean 2003-11-14 11:20:00 AM|| [www.haarsager.com] 2003-11-14 11:20:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 THE ALIENS DON'T WANT US ON MARS!

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-14 11:23:57 AM|| 2003-11-14 11:23:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Not In Our Name"

Posted by Lucky 2003-11-14 11:36:32 AM|| 2003-11-14 11:36:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Hitting a planet at trans-orbital speeds isn't likely to leave much besides a (fairly) large crater...

Posted by mojo 2003-11-14 12:22:33 PM|| 2003-11-14 12:22:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Any chance of it hitting Kucinich?

Posted by Matt 2003-11-14 1:04:04 PM|| 2003-11-14 1:04:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Op and Anon - LOL

Posted by Matt 2003-11-14 2:00:40 PM|| 2003-11-14 2:00:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Mars needs Women. Kucinich needs Woman. I don't like the setup.

Tom<----------Going long on Carib. Bauxite.

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-14 4:22:53 PM|| 2003-11-14 4:22:53 PM|| Front Page Top

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