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October 12, 2015
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Mars colonisation still far off: Amitabh Ghosh
Mumbai, India (IANS) Oct 12, 2015
NASA scientist Amitabh Ghosh said on Friday that though the discovery of liquid water on Mars opens up immense possibilities, colonization of the red planet is still a distant possibility. "Among the things that need to be considered are the quality of the liquid water there - or for that matter on Pluto and some of the moons of Jupiter or Saturn - and the cost involved to recover it and make it fit for human consumption," Ghosh, an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus who was the only Asian on the NASA's Mars P ... read more
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Wet paleoclimate of Mars revealed by ancient lakes at Gale Crater
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