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Bill White

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Registered: 2001-09-09

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Re: ESA to do sample return - in 2011?

This [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/co … 98,00.html]article states that the European Space Agency intends to launch a sample return mission to Mars in 2011.

Interesting! :;):

Yang Liwei Rocket

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Registered: 2004-03-03

Posts: 993

Re: ESA to do sample return - in 2011?

ExoMars is the first Aurora Flagship mission to be assessed.

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Aurora/SEM1 … QAD_0.html

Aurora is ESA’s first step in human space exploration outside the low Earth orbits...

http://www.aurora.rl.ac.uk/Aurora_info. … a_info.htm

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