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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:18:47 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Curiosity Drills into Second Mars Rock</title>
			<description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity has drilled into another rock and plans are afoot to analyze the pulverized material. Continue reading →]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>curiosity</category>
						<category>Current Events</category>
						<category>Geology</category>
						<category>JPL</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>mars science laboratory</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:38:40 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Curiosity Drills into Second Mars Rock</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity has drilled into another rock and plans are afoot to analyze the pulverized material. Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>Opportunity Breaks NASA&#039;s 40-Year Roving Record</title>
			<description><![CDATA[After nine years of hard Mars roving, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has broken a 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record.  Continue reading →]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Current Events</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>mars rover</category>
						<category>mer</category>
						<category>Opportunity</category>
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						<category>Robotics</category>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:14:29 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Opportunity Breaks NASA&#039;s 40-Year Roving Record</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[After nine years of hard Mars roving, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has broken a 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record.  Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>NEWSFLASH: Mars is Toxic</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A one-way mission to Mars is a risky proposition and now scientists have identified Martian dust as a toxic hazard. Continue reading →]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Health</category>
						<category>Humans</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Mars One</category>
						<category>Regolith</category>
						<category>risk</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:05:55 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">NEWSFLASH: Mars is Toxic</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A one-way mission to Mars is a risky proposition and now scientists have identified Martian dust as a toxic hazard. Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>Mars Rover Opportunity Switches Itself to Safe Mode</title>
			<description><![CDATA[After three weeks of radio silence from NASA&#039;s veteran Mars rover Opportunity, mission managers regained contact with the robot only to find it had dropped into a self-imposed &quot;safe mode.&quot; Continue reading →]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-rover-opportunity-drops-into-safe-mode-130430.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>curiosity</category>
						<category>Space</category>
						<category>mer</category>
						<category>MSL</category>
						<category>mars rover</category>
						<category>mars exploration rover</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Opportunity</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:38:02 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Mars Rover Opportunity Switches Itself to Safe Mode</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[After three weeks of radio silence from NASA&#039;s veteran Mars rover Opportunity, mission managers regained contact with the robot only to find it had dropped into a self-imposed &quot;safe mode.&quot; Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>The Biggest Flaw in Mars One&#039;s Business Plan</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Mars One may have extinguished its entire &#039;reality TV&#039; business plan by admitting that Earth will have no control over what audiences will see. Continue reading →]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/the-biggest-flaw-in-mars-ones-business-model-130425.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Mars One</category>
						<category>Private Spaceflight</category>
						<category>Skepticism</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:19:43 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">The Biggest Flaw in Mars One&#039;s Business Plan</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Mars One may have extinguished its entire &#039;reality TV&#039; business plan by admitting that Earth will have no control over what audiences will see. Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>The Mysterious Loss of Mars 3</title>
			<description><![CDATA[In 1971, the first successful Mars lander was wiped out, probably by a dust storm. Continue reading →]]></description>
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			<author>Amy Shira Teitel</author>						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Space</category>
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						<category>Soviet Union</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:12:04 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">The Mysterious Loss of Mars 3</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[In 1971, the first successful Mars lander was wiped out, probably by a dust storm. Continue reading →]]></media:description>
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			<title>Awesome Mars-Comet Impact Less Likely</title>
			<description><![CDATA[For those of you rooting for the wellbeing of Mars, here&#039;s some good news: the probability of a comet impact next year has decreased. For those of you who wanted to see some planetary carnage, however, this news will be a major bummer.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>comet siding spring</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Impact Craters</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:43:15 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Awesome Mars-Comet Impact Less Likely</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[For those of you rooting for the wellbeing of Mars, here&#039;s some good news: the probability of a comet impact next year has decreased. For those of you who wanted to see some planetary carnage, however, this news will be a major bummer.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Is This the Long-Lost Soviet Mars 3 Lander?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The long-lost Soviet Mars 3 lander may have been imaged from orbit, 41 years after the lost mission touched down.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/tantalizing-signs-of-soviet-era-mars-lander-found-by-nasa-probe-130415.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>HiRISE</category>
						<category>lander</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>MRO</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:54:01 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Is This the Long-Lost Soviet Mars 3 Lander?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The long-lost Soviet Mars 3 lander may have been imaged from orbit, 41 years after the lost mission touched down.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>How Far to Mars?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[We all know the planets are far away. But this neat little tool will help you visualize the vast expanse of interplanetary space between Earth and Mars.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/how-far-to-mars-130409.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Jason Major</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
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						<category>Space Travel</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:30:34 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">How Far to Mars?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[We all know the planets are far away. But this neat little tool will help you visualize the vast expanse of interplanetary space between Earth and Mars.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Intraterrestrials: Mars Life May Hide Deep Below</title>
			<description><![CDATA[It is thought that Mars life will have burrowed deep under the ground, well out of the reach of Curiosity&#039;s drill.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/looking-for-martians-drill-baby-drill-130408.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ray Villard</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Astrobiology</category>
						<category>bacteria</category>
						<category>Biology</category>
						<category>extremophiles</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:11:43 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Intraterrestrials: Mars Life May Hide Deep Below</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[It is thought that Mars life will have burrowed deep under the ground, well out of the reach of Curiosity&#039;s drill.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Curiosity, Interrupted: Sun Makes Mars Go Dark</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The sun has cut communications from Earth to Mars rover Curiosity and will soon follow suit for rover Opportunity, Odyssey and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/lone-curiosity-sun-makes-mars-go-dark-130405.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>curiosity</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>mer</category>
						<category>MSL</category>
						<category>NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter</category>
						<category>NASA Mars Science Laboratory</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:36:44 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Curiosity, Interrupted: Sun Makes Mars Go Dark</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The sun has cut communications from Earth to Mars rover Curiosity and will soon follow suit for rover Opportunity, Odyssey and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Shaping a New Earth on Mars</title>
			<description><![CDATA[If we&#039;re planning on colonizing other worlds, perhaps terraforming -- recreating Earth&#039;s conditions on another world -- may be a good way to go about it.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Markus Hammonds</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Science Fiction</category>
						<category>terraforming</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:40:42 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Shaping a New Earth on Mars</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[If we&#039;re planning on colonizing other worlds, perhaps terraforming -- recreating Earth&#039;s conditions on another world -- may be a good way to go about it.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Curiosity&#039;s Parachute Flaps in the Martian Wind</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A NASA satellite has imaged the Mars rover&#039;s parachute over five months to reveal it being blown around by the thin Martian air.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/curiositys-old-parachute-flaps-in-the-wind-130403.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>HiRISE</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>MRO</category>
						<category>MSL</category>
						<category>NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter</category>
						<category>NASA Mars Science Laboratory</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:54:11 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Curiosity&#039;s Parachute Flaps in the Martian Wind</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[A NASA satellite has imaged the Mars rover&#039;s parachute over five months to reveal it being blown around by the thin Martian air.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Why a Mars Comet Impact Would be Awesome</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The small chance that Comet 2013 A1 may slam into Mars in 2014 could be a scientific smorgasbord -- potentially motivating a manned expedition to the red planet.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/why-mars-getting-hit-by-a-comet-would-be-awesome-13032.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Ian O&#039;Neill</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Comets</category>
						<category>Impact Craters</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Space Exploration</category>
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:54:54 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Why a Mars Comet Impact Would be Awesome</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The small chance that Comet 2013 A1 may slam into Mars in 2014 could be a scientific smorgasbord -- potentially motivating a manned expedition to the red planet.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>After Glitches, Rover Curiosity Continues Work</title>
			<description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity, sidelined by two unrelated computer glitches, has resumed analyzing a sample of powder drilled out from inside a slab of bedrock.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-rover-curiosity-back-at-work-after-computer-glitch-130326.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>curiosity</category>
						<category>JPL</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>MSL</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:12:44 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">After Glitches, Rover Curiosity Continues Work</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity, sidelined by two unrelated computer glitches, has resumed analyzing a sample of powder drilled out from inside a slab of bedrock.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Video Game Uses Real Martian Landscape</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The video game, Lacuna Passage, is using real life martian landscape, as imaged by the HiRISE camera.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/video-game-uses-real-martian-landscape.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Markus Hammonds</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Computer Simulation</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Space Exploration</category>
						<category>Video Games</category>
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:00:03 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Video Game Uses Real Martian Landscape</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The video game, Lacuna Passage, is using real life martian landscape, as imaged by the HiRISE camera.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Mars Was a Suitable Environment for Life</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The first analysis of powder drilled out from the inside of water-soaked rock shows Mars was a suitable place for microbial life to evolve.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-was-suitable-for-life-scientists-find-130312.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Irene Klotz</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>curiosity</category>
						<category>Life Science</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>MSL</category>
						<category>NASA</category>
						<category>NASA Mars Science Laboratory</category>
			
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:30:13 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Mars Was a Suitable Environment for Life</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The first analysis of powder drilled out from the inside of water-soaked rock shows Mars was a suitable place for microbial life to evolve.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Curiosity Will Encounter Mars&#039; Moving Dunes</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Before the rover can access the slopes of Aolis Mons, it must cross a wide swath of sand dunes that wrap around the mountain&#039;s base -- dark, windswept dunes that move.  -&gt;]]></description>
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			<author>Jason Major</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>curiosity</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>MSL</category>
						<category>NASA</category>
						<category>Space Exploration</category>
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:22:36 -0500</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Curiosity Will Encounter Mars&#039; Moving Dunes</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Before the rover can access the slopes of Aolis Mons, it must cross a wide swath of sand dunes that wrap around the mountain&#039;s base -- dark, windswept dunes that move.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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			<title>Could Earth Germs Colonize Mars?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Earth microbes have been found able to survive in the low pressures found on the surface of Mars.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/earth-bacteria-may-survive-the-pressures-of-life-on-mars-130306.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Markus Hammonds</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>bacteria</category>
						<category>Extreme Life</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>Planets</category>
						<category>Space Exploration</category>
			
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:29:10 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>NASA&#039;s &#039;Inspirational&#039; Mars Flyby</title>
			<description><![CDATA[In the 1960s, NASA studied a similar manned Mars flyby mission the non-profit organization Inspiration Mars is looking to launch in 2018.  -&gt;]]></description>
			<link>http://news.discovery.com/space/history-of-space/nasas-1960s-studies-for-a-manned-mars-flyby-130304.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1</link>
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			<author>Amy Shira Teitel</author>						<category>Space</category>
						<category>Apollo</category>
						<category>Mars</category>
						<category>NASA</category>
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:29:40 -0500</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[In the 1960s, NASA studied a similar manned Mars flyby mission the non-profit organization Inspiration Mars is looking to launch in 2018.  -&gt;]]></media:description>
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