He d flown to San Diego at his own expense to try to talk someone at a conference of scientists into taking his latest experiment to Mars. The European Space Agency mission, set for 2003, looked like his last chance. The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft has taken a series of images showing frost moving across the Martian surface. Europe plays a major part in future Mars exploration Starting with Mars Express and Beagle 2 and ending with a possible Sample Return Mission, Europe will be making a major contribution to Mars exploration over the next two decades. Europe's plans complement the new programme recently announced by NASA in the wake of last year's mission losses.
New research brings up interesting possibilities.
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