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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Monday, December 29, 2003 ::
Where No Man Has Gone Before--And Still Hasn't
The Huntsville Times ran a story yesterday about the unmanned space exploration projects which will be taking place next year. A sidebar not included in the online version included the following summary.
Jan 2--The Stardust space probe will encounter the comet Wild-2 and collect particles from the comet, which it will bring home to Earth in early 2006. The probe has already been collecting space dust on its way to the comet.
Jan 3 & Jan 24--The Spirit and Opportunity rovers will land on Mars, hopefully succesfully.
April 24--Gravity Probe B will be launched after decades of planning and will test Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Which will kind of suck if succesful, since I guess if it's proven, we won't be able to call it the "Theory of Relativity" anymore.
July 1--The Cassini probe will enter orbit around Saturn.
Sept. 8--The Genesis mission will return to Earth bearing solar wind particles it has collected.