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I found an interesting article today at Science@Nasa talking about filthy spaceships. It’s something that had never occurred to me. I suppose I watched to many super-clean space scenes in the movies.
The article describes the problem of lingering humidity, water droplets and microorganisms withing the confined spaces of a space station:
In 1998, U.S. astronauts participating [...]

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Looks like NASA is getting ready to launch another Mars probe.
“NASA is moving ahead with plans to put a long-armed lander on Mars’ icy north pole to search for clues for water and possible signs of life, the space agency said Thursday.”
The $386 million Phoenix Mars is scheduled to touch down in the Martian arctic [...]

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Via the Popular Mechanics website.

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