'We are all Martians!': space explorers seek to solve the riddle of life on Mars

With the red planet ’s launch window about to open, the US, China and the UAE are all sending craft to look for answersIn the next few weeks, a flotilla of probes will be blasted into space from launch pads round the world and propelled towards one of the solar system ’s most mysterious objects: the planet Mars. Within days of each other, spacecraft built by the USA, by China and by the United Arab Emirates will be sent on separate, seven-month voyages to investigate the red planet.Never has so much interplanetary traffic been put en route to Mars at one time - and all of it is intended to help answer a question that has nagged scientists for decades: is there, or was there ever, life on Mars?Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Mars Science Space World news US news China United Arab Emirates Source Type: news