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Britain to Continue Search for Mars Life source: ABC News Online | Dec 29, 03 | submitted by Ryan

London, England - The British government said Monday it remained committed to the search for life on Mars despite five days of silence from Beagle 2, the compact British-built lander that should have touched down on the planet Christmas Day. Mission scientists said they had not given up hope of making contact with the probe but acknowledged there was a chance it had tumbled down a crater on the rocky Martian surface.

"When we were choosing this site in the first place we avoided all the obvious craters we could see," said chief Beagle scientist Colin Pillinger. "But you can't avoid every crater on Mars."

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Dec 29 On December 30th, The rover named "Spirit", developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena will be touching down on Mars. Let's hope it has better luck at surviving the journey and beats the odds.

- Ryan from Canada

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