Just found this on Yahoo, pay close attention to the dates it will launch, cooincidence.
NASA Starts Countdown to Mars Mission
By Belinda Goldsmith
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) - Astronomers have started a countdown to the launch of two robotic buggies on a mission to find out if there is, or
ever was, life on Mars.
Dr. Charles Elachi, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA (news - web sites)) Jet Propulsion Lab, said final
preparations were underway with one 'exploration rover' arriving at Cape Canaveral this week and the second due in three weeks. He said the rovers,
which are the size of an office desk, were set to be launched on May 30 and June 25, piggy-backing on two rockets then parachuting down to Mars in
January in an air-bag cushioned landing.
The rest of the story is here:
For some reason it will not let me place the whole link so cut and paste the link below into your browser and take out the space between _aust and
ralia
story.news.yahoo.com.../nm/20030226/sc_nm/space_australia_mars_dc_2
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[Edited on 27-2-2003 by K_OS]