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Title: Russian Manned Mars Landing by 2015!!!!!
Post by: tnphysics on 04/02/2008 04:34 am
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article539874.ece
Huge potential embarrassment for NASA.
Title: RE: Russian Manned Mars Landing by 2015!!!!!
Post by: Jorge on 04/02/2008 04:38 am
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tnphysics - 1/4/2008  11:34 PM

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article539874.ece
Huge potential embarrassment for NASA.

Ah, today is truly the holiday that keeps on giving...
Title: Re: Russian Manned Mars Landing by 2015!!!!!
Post by: astrobrian on 04/02/2008 04:42 am
Potential being the key word, things like this always start off with ambitious dates, but then reality of thinking it all the way through hits
Title: Re: Russian Manned Mars Landing by 2015!!!!!
Post by: MB123 on 04/02/2008 05:20 am
Russia are asking all ISS participants to work together for this mission
Title: RE: Russian Manned Mars Landing by 2015!!!!!
Post by: ChrisGebhardt on 04/02/2008 06:04 am
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Jorge - 2/4/2008  12:38 AM

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tnphysics - 1/4/2008  11:34 PM

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article539874.ece
Huge potential embarrassment for NASA.

Ah, today is truly the holiday that keeps on giving...

Excellent. Wasn't even thinking that way. I've been sick the past few days and had no idea that today [well, yesterday now] is April fools day.
Title: Re: Russian Manned Mars Landing by 2015!!!!!
Post by: Lampyridae on 04/02/2008 06:18 am
Richard Branson and Google have an April fool's Mars Colony called Virgle by 2015. The best bit is the 30 seconds of planetwide YouTube humiliation as people are suckered into explaining why they think they have the Right Stuff.

Priceless.

Oh, the Time article is from July 2005. Old news really. Russian Mars plans always sound like an April Fool's.
Title: Re: Russian Manned Mars Landing by 2015!!!!!
Post by: 8900 on 04/02/2008 06:58 am
impossible