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NASA sets 2020 Mars rover goals

Houston, USA - According to the agency one of the aims will be demonstrate technology for future human exploration

The rover that American space agency NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for future human exploration of the Red Planet, according to a report provided to the agency. The 154-page document was prepared by the Mars 2020 Science Definition Team, which NASA appointed in January to outline...

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Rome, Italy, 07/10/2013 19:50
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