Alas, a paper model of the MRO probe has yet to surface. So, I can't recommend my usual pre-launch ritual of building a model. Instead, take a look at the past Mars missions, courtesy of New York Newsday. Here's a profile of some of the people and institutions involved in the mission. Is this the shape of a future martian airplane? If we are to colonize Mars, how will we grow plants there? Why, by relieving their anxiety, of course! NASA's science mission director thinks about the future while Louis Friedman complains that NASA is losing its martian focus.
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