Regarding Mars Express and the (admittedly very exciting) search for WATER up to 5 kilometers beneath the Martian surface, I've just read what's at:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/express/mission/sc_science_marsis02.html
I am a little concerned, though, that the search won't do a particularly good job of detecting the presence of ICE. Mars is COLD and liquid may not be that abundant nowadays. The abovementioned link only makes a rather passing reference to the quest to distinguish between rock and ice, and liquid near the surface. Meanwhile, I'm not particularly inclined to trust anything that Astrium says on its website. I mean look at all the promises made by Space Launch Initiative contractors in the USA, even as the cost of launching humans into space from North America has gone nowhere but UP over time.
Space/Science » in reply to cnn.com: "British scientists have failed in their latest attempt to make contact with the Beagle 2 probe which was to have landed on Mars on Christmas Day."
Mars Express and the search for WATER up to 5 kilometers beneath the surface. WHAT ABOUT ICE?
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- An extremely brief announcement from the ESA regarding Beagle2
- In space, no one can hear you yelp. (n/t)
- Beagle 2 transmits a signal. Click here to hear it LIVE...
- You are nuts
- Enduring misery causes cancer. Laughter's the best medicine.
- You are nuts
- Kudos to ESA - Really!!!
- Defeat is an orphan...
- cnn.com: "British scientists have failed in their latest attempt to make contact with the Beagle 2 probe which was to have landed on Mars on Christmas Day."