Nasa Wants Mission To Bring Martian Rocks To Earth

By ALICIA CHANG, Associated Press
Tue, 05/18/2010 - 7:17am

MONROVIA, Calif. (AP) -- If NASA's exploration of Mars were summed up in a bumper sticker, it would read: "Follow the water."...

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