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Synthetic Life Could Aid Space Exploration
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
09/23/10 |
| Summary: When packing for a manned mission to Mars or the Moon, the best thing to bring may not be food or fuel, but specially-designed organisms that can create those things for you. |
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Desert RATS in the Field
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
09/20/10 |
| Summary: NASA's Desert RATS – or Research and Technology Studies – are making their 13th trip to the desert this fall for another round of analog testing. The Earth-based project is helping NASA plan future human missions to locations like Mars where humans will play a scientific role in the search for life in our solar system. |
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The Moon's Complex, Turbulent Youth
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
09/19/10 |
| Summary: New data shows that the Moon's surface is more complex than scientist previously thought. By studying evidence of geologic processes and impacts on the Moon, astrobiologists are learning about the history of our solar system and the conditions that allowed for a habitable Earth. |
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How Microbes Could Help Colonize Mars
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
09/09/10 |
| Summary: Tiny rock-eating microbes could mine precious extraterrestrial resources from Mars and pave the way for the first human colonists, but would take much longer to help transform the red planet via terraforming. |
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The Incredibly Shrinking Moon
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
08/21/10 |
| Summary: Cliffs in the lunar crust indicate the Moon shrank globally in the geologically recent past and might still be shrinking today. Studying the Moon is important to astrobiologists because lunar history could yield clues about the history of our Solar System and, ultimately, the habitability of the Earth. |
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Greening the Moon and Mars
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
07/29/10 |
| Summary: Future missions to the Moon or Mars could use plants as bio-harvesters to extract valuable elements from the alien soils. |
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The Moon Has More Water than the Great Lakes
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
06/18/10 |
| Summary: New research from NASA-funded scientists indicates that the volume of water molecules locked inside the Moon´s interior could exceed the amount of water in the Great Lakes. Water on the Moon could be an important resource for future explorers beyond our planet. |
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Lost Reflector Found on the Moon
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
04/27/10 |
| Summary: Physicists have pinpointed the location of a long lost light reflector left on the Moon by the Soviet Union nearly 40 years ago. The reflector could actually help today's scientists measure physical properties of the Moon and phenomena such as tidal distortion. |
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President's Plan to Send Humans to Mars
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
04/16/10 |
| Summary: In President Obama´s speech yesterday at the Kennedy Space Center, he outlined his vision for NASA´s future. In his plan, humans will venture beyond the Moon by 2025, and head to Mars by the mid-2030s. |
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The Multiplying Mystery of Moonwater
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| Topic: Moon to Mars |
03/30/10 |
| Summary: Scientists once believed that the Moon was one of the driest places in the solar system. Now we know that water exists on the Moon in a variety of concentrations and geologic settings. This moonwater could be a vital resource for future missions. |
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