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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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:: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 ::
Playing Catch On Mars
Two different proposals are being considered for the ESA's planned Martian sample return mission. In one, a launch vehicle would carry the samples off the surface, and then dock with a vehicle in space which would return them to Earth. A second proposal skips the docking phase, with the ascent vehicle ejecting the samples for the return vehicle to "catch."