Re: Mars / Japan ( and MIT )

GBurch1@aol.com
Sun, 4 Apr 1999 20:40:43 EDT

In a message dated 99-04-04 20:19:04 EDT, jeff@ultraviolet.com (Jeff Taylor) wrote:

> Do you know if they launched a probe to Mars recently? If I remember
> correctly it would have been in the last 9 months.

That's the "Planet B" mission:

Planet-B Launched on Mars Mission</A>

http://www.spaceviews.com/1998/07/04a.html

You can find a complete chronology of Mars exploration at:

Chronology of Mars Exploration</A>

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/marschro.htm

While we're talking about Mars . . . this is an interesting little group:

       Think Mars! 
       http://thinkmars.mit.edu/

Which makes for nice reading in light of the recent discussion of Mars colonization here.

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