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Water"
Ecials
have
mapped
out
a
series
of
exploratory
missions
to
p
to
the
year
2009.
The
intent
of
these
missions
is
to
learn
as
out
the
climate,
atmosphere
and
geology
of
the
planet
as
is
i.
This
is
a
necessity
before
manned
missions
can
be
a
feasi-
king.
problem
astronauts
would
have
to
deal
with
is
the
lack
of
i
obvious
solution
presents
itself;
at
least
for
those
who
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Back
inl997,
Doug
Ming,
a
soil
scientist
with
s
Program,
spent
30
days
sealed
up
with
a
group
of
scientist
phere
that
simulated
the
conditions
on
Mars.
With
only
the
nount
of
water
as
would
be
available
to
them
on
the
Red
:
group
was
forced
to
recycle
their
urine
in
order
to
create
i
water.
Part
of
Spirit
s
job,
however,
will
be
to
look
for
water
i
in
the
soils
and
rocks
of
the
planet
that
could
be
extracted
Bther
problem
is
the
lack
of
an
ozone
layer
around
the
plan-
)
out
the
more
deadly
levels
of
radiation
emitted
from
the
:
levels
of
radiation
present
on
the
surface
of
the
planet
ave
to
be
studied
in
order
to
successfully
create
radiation
Big.
It
isn
t
just
being
on
the
planet
surface
that
offers
radia-
i
to
astronauts.
They
would
also
be
exposed
to
twice
the
wradiation
on
the
actual
trip
to
Mars
as
they
are
exposed
to
a
a
low
level
orbit
around
Earth.
formation
collected
by
Spirit,
Opportunity
and
future
I
robotic
missions
are
how
this
and
other
data
will
be
col-
;
comments
that
in
all
likelihood,
when
humans
do
col-
Mars,
robots
will
likely
have
paved
the
way,
even
to
the
point
ivering
the
building
materials.
To
those
familiar
with
the
i
books
written
by
Isaac
Asimov,
this
thought
will
strike
a
mote.
t
question
is
not
whether
we
should
continue
our
push
into
tbut
rather
how
can
we
draw
together
as
a
global
community
ito
accomplish
this
massive
undertaking.
While
admittedly
a
iiintof
view,
it
may
be
that
a
leap
of
faith
into
the
dark
reach-
ilaxy
is
what
our
planet
needs
to
lift
us
from
the
baseness
l
greed
and
destructiveness.
Multibus,
Carder,
Frobisher,
Shepard,
Glenn,
White,
rang,
Scobee,
Husband,
Krikalev,
Foale,
Collins
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