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Orbiters could find ice on Mars for future human missions

Orbiters could find ice on Mars for future human missions
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Ashley Strickland, CNN
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(CNN) Mars is too cold for liquid water to exist on its surface, but a wealth of ice may exist just beneath the surface in certain regions. Future human missions to Mars could use this ice as a resource and study it to learn about the planet s past.
The Italian Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA have announced they intend to develop a plan for a robotic Mars ice mapping mission. Together, the agencies will create a team that will work on the mission concept. ....

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Orbiters could find ice on Mars for future human missions

Orbiters could find ice on Mars for future human missions
CNN
2/4/2021
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
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This artist s illustration shows the four orbiters of the International Mars Ice Mapper (I-MIM) mission concept.
Mars is too cold for liquid water to exist on its surface, but a wealth of ice may exist just beneath the surface in certain regions. Future human missions to Mars could use this ice as a resource and study it to learn about the planet s past.
The Italian Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA have announced they intend to develop a plan for a robotic Mars ice mapping mission. Together, the agencies will create a team that will work on the mission concept. ....

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