Mars Explorer Touches Down

**Adam** · #1 (**permalink**) 26-05-2008, 11:25 AM

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Historic pictures sent from Mars

Wow this is amazing. I wonder if they will find water ice.

**Jezer** · #2 (**permalink**) 26-05-2008, 11:38 AM

Incredible to think where the shots are coming from!

I wonder what the atmosphere is like.

**Sooty** · #3 (**permalink**) 26-05-2008, 11:41 AM

Looking at the map I'm surprised at how many probes have been sent. I wonder why the concentrate on the Northern plains?

Discovery · #4 (**permalink**) 26-05-2008, 12:00 PM

Quite fascinating. I'm glad they got it down in one piece.

**Adam** · #5 (**permalink**) 26-05-2008, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sooty

Looking at the map I'm surprised at how many probes have been sent. I wonder why the concentrate on the Northern plains?

I've no idea - must be the best place to land, or to explore once landed?

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Originally Posted by Discovery

Quite fascinating. I'm glad they got it down in one piece.

Me too. The only thing I don't like about all this space travel is that the good stuff (living on other planets, Star Trek, etc) wont happen in my life time.

LAR · #6 (**permalink**) 11-07-2008, 03:41 AM

hmm - bit of a waste of time, I think