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January 20, 2014

Lichen on Mars
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2014
Humans cannot hope to survive life on Mars without plenty of protection from the surface radiation, freezing night temperatures and dust storms on the red planet. So they could be excused for marveling at humble Antarctic lichen that has shown itself capable of going beyond survival and adapting to life in simulated Martian conditions. The mere feat of surviving temperatures as low as -51 degrees C and enduring a radiation bombardment during a 34-day experiment might seem like an accomplishment by ... read more

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Who Wants to Go to Mars - One Way? The maverick startup company, Mars One, has selected over 1,000 would be and hopeful emigrants who have applied for a one-way trip to Mars. The pool of applicants included over 200,000 people. ... more		U of Maryland undergraduates discover rare eclipsing double asteroid Students in a University of Maryland undergraduate astronomy class have made a rare discovery that wowed professional astronomers: a previously unstudied asteroid is actually a pair of asteroids tha ... more		'Sign of life': defence boom lifts German factory orders MDA Space wins role in US SHIELD missile defense program Starfighters completes supersonic tests for GE Aerospace ramjet program		One-way trip to Mars? Sign me up, says Frenchwoman A comfortable, middle-class Parisian life may be the envy of many people, but Florence Porcel would give it all up to be among the first Earthlings to settle on Mars - even with no option of return. ... more
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Decade-Old Rover Adventure Continues on Mars and Earth Eighth graders didn't have Facebook or Twitter to share news back then, in January 2004. Bekah Sosland, 14 at the time, learned about a NASA rover landing on Mars when the bouncing-ball video on the ... more		Clues from Orbit Aiding Exploration Of Opportunity Rover The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for energy production. Opportunity is positioned on the edge of an exposed outcrop where orbital observations suggest the possible presence of smal ... more		China geospatial information industry approaches 1 trillion yuan output Creating hallucination-free, psychedelic-like molecules by shining light on life's basic building blocks Drones take thermal readings to track dolphin health		'Mars One' will reveal if there is life outside Earth Mars One is a non-profit organization that plans to establish a permanent human colony on Mars by 2025. The private spaceflight project is led by Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp, who announced plans ... more
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China's moon rover performs first lunar probe

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