E127 10-15-19 We May Be Closing In On the Discovery of Alien Life. Are We Prepared?

Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 11 a.m.

b'In 2020, Mars and Earth will be relatively close to each other in their adjacent orbits around the sun. Taking advantage of this fortuitous orbital circumstance, NASA and European-Russian space agencies will be dispatching a small brigade of spacecraft to Mars. The new NASA craft will go beyond merely scouting for locations that were once suitable for life. They\\u2019ll be looking for life itself.'