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Space/Science » in reply to re: Mars Sample Return Back On The Front Burner

On the contrary

There are specific meteorite hunting expeditions these days that go to areas of "blue ice" (old stagnant ice that is ablating and leaving behind any contained rocks). They return many tonnes of meteoritic material each year, which is carefully sorted for martian and other exotic types.

The infamous Allan Hills meteorite ALH84001 was collected in the year 1984...

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