Bucking the 2020 curse, NASA's Perseverence probe launched in July and landed safely on Mars today, preparing to explore an ancient crater that once upon a time was a lakebed.
Jezero Crater is one of the sites on the Red Planet that where signs of ancient life could be most easily found, and Perseverance will explore it and hunt to see what it was like back in the day when water covered it. Although it may seem like Mars is so full of rovers and probes that they would bump into each other and their findings become routine this is a new area of exploration and even if no life signs are found should be a lot of fun to watch.
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I could not help thinking myself of the apocryphal story of the only two cars in the state of Ohio in 1895 crashing into one another.
On the other hand, it also occurred to me before reading The Martian that the more junk is on the planet, the more earlier settlers will like it.
"Just another Jasoomian mess I have to clean up! I, Tars Tarkas, have spoken!"
Start the reactor. Free Mars.
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