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        <title><![CDATA[You never know]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is always a good idea to hedge your bets. The lifeforms on earth are so very fragile. To ensure the survival of mankind we would very possibly need to reach for the stars within the next hundred years or so. We need to build our knowledge on all aspects of the Universe.I also think if you start doing some accounting you will find that the budget of space exploration not focussing on satellites is actually not that large. The people of the earth is spending far for money trying to kill each other.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Riaanh]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:11:13 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yeah I saw that too]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nice of the aliens to send us back a photo.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slayer_]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:39:59 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The photographer]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The 'photographer' can be seen reflected in the lens of Curiosity's top mounted laser, visible in the upper left of the image. I'll let you draw your own conclusion...Another possibilty, Opportunity rover is still operating on mars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_rover#Rover_synopsis. Still it would be nice to have a photo credit.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[glen@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:23:27 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Very clever technology but so what?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The design and ingenuity that has gone into the Mars Rover and getting it there is marvellous.  However, regardless of what they think they've found, as Slayer says, is not evidence that there was life on Mars.  Carbon may be a building block for life, just as sand is a component of a home, but it takes more than building blocks to create life!  However, even if they did find solid evidence, so what?  Does it help us solve climate change,  cure cancer, end poverty or develop new sustainable energy sources?  No.  If the ingenuity, energy and financial resources that were ploughed into this mission were ploughed into things that had a useful end goal, the world would benefit a lot more.Other than some technology spin-offs, surely satellites are the only real benefit to the world from getting into space?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[yorkshirepudding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:52:25 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How did it take a picture of itself?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't see an arm or anything in the frame or coming off the rover, so did Aliens take that picture?  There is also no shadow from whatever is taking that picture...But on topic, cool, but doesn't mean there was ever life on Mars.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:33:21 -0800</pubDate>
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