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Mars Needs Erin Brokovich

There's some evidence that the Red Planet has (relatively) high concentrations of hexavalent chromium.

So, let me get this straight. They're talking about going to a planet that has an atmosphere with the density of a light-bulb interior, temperatures that range from frozen air to boiling platinum, a radiation environment that will turn your offspring into Godzilla and theirs into Rodan, red-dust storms with three-hundred-mile-an-hour winds, and they're going to worry about some trace chemicals in the dirt?

When did we become such a nation of wimps?

Posted by Rand Simberg at May 03, 2002 09:17 AM
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Any reason to stay in port because there might be a storm...

Posted by d at May 3, 2002 10:33 AM

Why not send Lance Bass? He already wants to go into space, and who cares what the risks are then...

Posted by James at May 3, 2002 11:30 AM


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