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Mars Phoenix is gone

November 12, 2008 – 11:24 am

NASA ended the Mars Phoenix mission two days ago, after communication with the Martian lander had been lost for more than a week.
It was the first rover to land on one of Mars’ polar caps. And through its 6 months of hard work, helped to convince scientists that water once flew on Mars.
Will Obama continue [...]

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I didn’t know it’s so far away

November 2, 2008 – 12:39 pm

This ain’t no Photoshop.
Follow the link to this page to see the Earth and the Moon as seen from Mars. It is quite amazing.
For some reason, I thought the moon should be located much closer to the Earth. Intuitively, it doesn’t make sense — for me anyway — that the moon seems so large when [...]

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Food doesn’t grow on ice

October 16, 2008 – 11:49 am

Iceland’s economy is crashing in fire! This once-rich country is being affected so far more than any other nation on Earth by the financial crisis.
Recent news coming out of the country warn us that Iceland may not be able to import food when current supplies will run out in several weeks.
Solving the economic meltdown is [...]

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