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Will the Mars Phoenix Mission Clear the Way for Manned Missions?
May 29 2008, Kevin

If organic compounds are present on Mars, they\’re more likely to have been preserved in ice, which is why NASA targeted the Phoenix mission for the planet\’s high northern plains, where they predicted about six inches of soft red soil should cover...

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