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Mars Probe to land on Christmas
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Paris - On Christmas Day, a small round object will streak like a shooting star across the skies of Mars before landing like a beachball, starting a mission that, at last, may reveal whether life exists on Earth's beguiling neighbour.
The 400-million-kilometre voyage of Beagle 2 culminates Europe's first solo mission to explore other planets, and places the continent in pole position in a race with the United States to answer one of the greatest puzzles in space.
"For 5 000 years, people have looked at Mars and wondered if there is life there, and it falls to this generation to do it," said Beagle 2's lead scientist, Colin Pillinger, a professor at Britain's Open University.
"The question that is uppermost in my mind is, 'Are we alone in the Universe?'
'Are we alone in the Universe?'
"Finding that we are not alone in respect of our Solar System would mean to me that the Universe is teeming with life."
On December 25, six days after it was released like a gently spinning top from its mother ship, Mars Express, Beagle will plunge into the thin martian atmosphere at more than 20 000 kilometres per hour, with a conical shield soaking up the initial heat from friction.
(The rest of the story at the link above)
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