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Quest for the red planet
Why Mars?
If you're looking for life on other planets, Mars is the best and closest possibility.
"It is the most earthlike of other worlds in the solar system," said Guy Webster of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mars has had water in the past, and it shares some minerals with Earth.
What we've learned so far
Satellites orbiting Mars have mapped out its mineral composition...
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