Who:: Groups of scientists at NASA built the probe
What:: A robotic probe has been designed. It will be able to fly to Mars on August 3 and reach the planet during May of 2008. The probe has been programmed to drill holes into the soil and collect soil and ice samples, taking pictures as well. The probe will then chemically analyze the soil and ice, sending results back down to Earth. With these results, scientists will be able to figure out if there had been life in the past on Mars.
When:: Probe leaves on August 3, 2007. Reaches Mars in May 2008, when scientists will get the results from the soil and ice testing.
Where:: The probe is being launched at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Why:: Scientists would like to find out in there has ever truly been life on our Red Planet.
My Opinion:: I think that it would be cool to find out that there had really been past life on Mars. I can't believe that Earth seems to be the only planet with life on it! And this might be a little dumb, but I think I just realized how the word 'martian' came to be. Martians are from Mars, right?! That's what I thought. So anyway, finding that there has been past life on Mars would be a really exciting event that would go down in history forever. I really hope that the tests show that there once was life there!
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