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    <title>Nature Network - mars</title>
    <description>The latest taggings for mars</description>
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      <title>Is there Life on Mars?</title>
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        <![CDATA[Joanna Scott - Humanity has sought an answer to this question for thousands of years, but only recently has our technology become equal to the task. Mars has emerged as the most likely extraterrestrial destination to yield results in the near term, but]]>
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      <title>ExoMars: Europe's Next Step in the Search for Life on Mars</title>
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        <![CDATA[Joanna Scott - Nothing if not topical, I am delighted to announce the next event in the Second Nature Lecture series will be on Tuesday, given by "Dr Jeff Marlow":http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/jeffmarlow, Imperial College and member of the European Space Agency's ExoMars project, aimed at]]>
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      <title>Where's a Hoover when you need one?</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - Went for a quick run this morning - I've found that one benefit of urban running is the spikes in adrenaline that come with dodging cars, cyclists, and pedestrians. Keeps things interesting. Anyway, the search is on for a landing]]>
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      <title>A Grand Destiny</title>
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        <![CDATA[Ian Brooks - !http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/2615735411_88a2a77098.jpg! *Sunset on Mars* Photo courtesy JPL I have enjoyed watching "The Discovery Channel's":http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/nasa/nasa.html recent show "When We Left Earth". It's a retrospective of the life of NASA from Kennedy's first prnouncement to the current day. It's full of great]]>
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      <title>Mars Phoenix: Let the science begin</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - The Nasa/JPL lander Phoenix continues to perform well and may already have discovered ice beneath the red planet's surface. The probe has already got its claw wet, dipping its robot arm into the icy soil and creating this footprint (conspiracy]]>
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      <title>Sunday Morning Picture Show</title>
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        <![CDATA[Jeff Marlow - It's the weekend, so I'll go heavy on the pictures today. Fortunately, there have been some pretty incredible ones recently. !http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/213835main_124_launch_HD.jpg! To start with, the Space Shuttle launched yesterday on yet another trip to the International Space Station. As you]]>
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      <title>Toy Martian Spacecraft</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - Space.com have a "fine article about space merchandising":http://www.space.com/entertainment/080529-cs-mars-toys.html. In particular, why models of Pathfinder, Opportunity and Spirit where best sellers, yet no toy company is touching Phoenix.]]>
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      <title>Mars and Football</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - Here's today's latest Phoenix image, showing a nice smattering of rocks and a small DVD that contains over 250,000 names (why?) as well as some art inspired by Mars. Hey, whatever gets people interested... !http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/230871main_S_001RAD_PER_S_10D10_RRGBM1.jpg! There was also an interesting]]>
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      <title>Skydiving on Mars</title>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Brown - Watching Phoenix land last night was incredible, and it has confirmed my love of and belief in space exploration. This kind of event is in some ways a referendum on the space program, a chance for non-experts to express their]]>
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      <title>The First Pictures</title>
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        <![CDATA[Jeff Marlow - Welcome to Phoenix's landing site: !http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/230118main_false_color_postcard.jpg! From a risk point of view, it's beautifully boring. It was funny to hear PI Peter Smith trying to convince people that the area was actually interesting. "I know it looks a lot like]]>
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