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This week we talk with Steve Squyres, principal investigator\\nfor the science payload on the Mars Exploration Rover Project,\\n& Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New\\nYork.

Preview from the show:

"We have been so incredibly lucky with this mission. I mean,\\nto have that dead wheel, which we thought was a catastrophe at the\\ntime, turn up one of the most exciting discoveries of the mission, was\\nvery good\\nfortune."
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\\n"The next big thing, at least in mars exploration, along with the\\ncontinuing adventures of the rovers, is a mission called Phoenix. And \\nPhoenix is a lander mission that\'s going to land near the north polar\\nregion of mars, and is going to dig down into the soil there, hope to \\nfind ice and then, scoop up some of that ice, and put it into a little\\nchemistry set on top of the lander, and find out what\'s inside of that \\nice."
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\\n"What we\'ve tried to do is provide images, provide curriculum\\nmaterials, and provide information for educators as we go. And I think\\nthat\'s actually the best way to do it, because the thing that makes\\nthis exciting is not reading about it in the historical sense after the \\nmission\'s over, so much as being an active participant - you know\\nfollowing the mission as it\'s going along. You can go to our website, \\nand you can download the latest pictures from Mars that have come down\\nin the last day or so."

Links:

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• NASA\'s Mars Exploration Page
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• \\n Audio clips with Dr. Steve Squyres, Cornell\\nUniversity, Ithaca, NY
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• \\n Transcript: Mars Rover Update\\nwith Dr. Steve Squyres
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• Steve Squyres on NASA Direct
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• Steve Squyres entry from Wikipedia
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• Steve Squyres: Man on a Misson\\nfrom NOVA
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• \\n Steve Squyres Interview on\\n The Colbert Report
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• \\nSteve Squyres on\\n NPR\'s\\n Fresh Air from WHYY,\\n March 29, 2004
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• \\n ABC News Person of the Week Article
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• \\n Father of Spirit and Opportunity,\\nan article from\\n Scientific\\nAmerican, October 2004
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• Interview with Steve Squyres from\\n The\\nCornell Daily Sun
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• \\n Mars\\nExploration Rovers Mission Update blog &\\n Way Cool Scientist!
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• \\n UC Berkeley Distinguished Lecture in\\nAstronomy Lecture with Steve Squyres on Google\\nVideo
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• \\n Roving Mars, written by Steve\\nSquyres from\\n amazon.com
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