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Mars explorers seek spot for touchdown

Planetary scientists debate where to land next.

More than 125 planetary scientists will gather in Pasadena, California, next week to begin planning NASA's next steps on Mars — or rather, where that step should fall. The workshop will rank more than 40 candidate landing sites for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), a rover slated to depart for the planet in September 2009. There will be no hasty decisions: NASA plans three more workshops after this one, and will choose the final site a month before launch.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on May 24, 2006 05:00 PM |

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