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Nasa and Esa sign Mars agreement

By T.K. Randall
November 20, 2009 · Comment icon 1 comment

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Both Nasa and the European Space Agency have signed a new agreement giving scientists the green light to plan joint missions to the Red Planet starting with a European-led orbiter scheduled for 2016.
The US and European space agencies have signed the "letter of intent" that ties together their Mars programmes. The agreement, which was penned in Washington DC, gives the green light to scientists and engineers to begin the joint planning of Red Planet missions.


Source: BBC News | Comments (1)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by Coffin Jim 15 years ago
It's good to see international cooperation in matters like these. One nation can't carry all of civilization on its back.


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