McFarling, Usha Lee,

Still Up in the Air About Where to Land on Mars. Usha Lee McFarling. - Los Angeles Times, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 41, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Still Up in the Air About Where to Land on Mars, March 2, 2003; pp. A1+.

"In May and June [2003], NASA engineers plan to hurl two spacecraft toward Mars--brawny 400-pound rovers dubbed 'robot geologists.' They are on a mission to find out whether water needed to sustain life once existed on the planet's surface." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines how landing sites on Mars are chosen and names the sites under consideration.

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Mars vehicles
Robots--Space use
Space flight to Mars--Exploration Rover mission
Space vehicles--Landing


Mars (Planet)--Exploration
Mars (Planet)--Surface
Mars (Planet)--Water

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