Europe and Russia to cooperate on exploration of Mars and Phobos

FarCenter

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Sat Aug-22-09 09:16 PM
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Europe and Russia to cooperate on exploration of Mars and Phobos

Wednesday 19 August 2009

The European Space Agency and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, signed a deal on Wednesday to cooperate on the ESA's project to send a rover to Mars and Russia's project to send a probe to Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons.
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Under the deal, the ESA will use Russia's Proton rocket as part of its Exomars project to send a robotic rover to the Mars surface and buy Russian parts for the rover's power supply system.

The deal will also see Russia's Phobos-Grunt project -- to send a probe to Mars' Phobos moon in October 2009 -- use the ESA's terrestrial communication facilities during its mission.

<snip> http://www.france24.com/en/20090819-space-exploration-agreement-cooperation-european-space-agency-roscosmos-mars-phobos

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The Doctor.

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Sat Aug-22-09 11:41 PM
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1. I wonder who will get there first?

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timeforpeace

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Sat Aug-22-09 11:53 PM
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2. The US of A, courtesy of our unlimited resources, got there first. It was in all the papers.

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The Doctor.

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Sun Aug-23-09 12:29 PM
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4. I meant a manned mission.

:think:

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proteus_lives

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Sun Aug-23-09 12:00 AM
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3. I hope they don't take the Soul Cube out of its cavern.

;-)

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