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Palomar

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Re: Expanding Canada's Frontiers - ...To Mars and Beyond

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*"This armada of spacecraft (referring to Mars Express, Beagle 2, Spirit and Opportunity) has been launched by several nations. Yet the contributions of Canada - and the University of Toronto - to Mars science and these missions are relatively unknown.  The newly incorporated University of Toronto Astronomy and Space Exploration Society will be bringing a Canadian astronaut and three speakers at the forefront of planetary exploration to Convocation Hall in mid-January 2004. Each of these luminaries will highlight Canada's contributions in various fields to the current revolution in space exploration."

The article gives a list of the guest speakers and their credentials, etc (including Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield). 

Go Canada!   

--Cindy

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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)

Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Expanding Canada's Frontiers - ...To Mars and Beyond

[=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=926]Canadian-led mission(s) to Mars

"The mission concepts that the CSA is interested in receiving include an orbiter, a single lander, or a network of small landers. It is possible that the lander concepts could include the ability to travel on the Martian surface."

*Go for broke! 

--Cindy

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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)