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#1 2003-11-28 15:51:49

Rxke
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From: Belgium
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Re: You can vote to put Mars on the cover of - National Geographic

Vote to put a picture of Mars on the cover of National Geographic!
Spaceref Article

Well, it's *some* kind of educational outreach...

You can vote for 3 different covers, Mars cover has currently 2040 votes, others resp. 439 and 1502 votes...

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#2 2003-11-29 03:16:30

Rxke
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From: Belgium
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Re: You can vote to put Mars on the cover of - National Geographic

Voting is going well...

The breakdown is now: Mars cover: 2425, others 449 and 1520

Note that the artwork is by Kees Veenenbos, so it's probably computer-rendered? (He has some great Mars scenery CGI artwork on his site....)

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#3 2003-11-29 06:23:32

Palomar
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Re: You can vote to put Mars on the cover of - National Geographic

*Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Rxke.  smile

I voted for the Tom Cruise cover.

--Cindy   :;):


We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

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