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*[[NASA]] scientists are planning to capture a 500 ton [[near-Earth object|near-Earth]] [[asteroid]], relocate it and turn it into a [[space station]] for [[astronauts]] on their [[Exploration of Mars|route]] to [[Mars]] after 2025. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2252489/Nasa-plans-lasso-asteroid-size-double-decker-buses-turn-space-station-orbit-moon.html (''Daily Mail'')] [http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-25/science/35998747_1_nasa-plan-space-station-human-presence (''The Times of India'')] |
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*Team members from the [[British Antarctic Survey]] temporarily abandon a project to [[drill]] through two miles of [[Antarctica]]'s [[ice sheet]] to reach [[Lake Ellsworth (Antarctica)|Lake Ellsworth]] due to problems linking [[boreholes]] in the [[ice]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20850360 (BBC)] [http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/12/uk-team-abandons-effort-to-reach-subglacial-antarctic-lake.html (Nature)] [http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2012-12-27/antarctic-lake-project-abandoned-for-this-year/ (ITV News)] |
*Team members from the [[British Antarctic Survey]] temporarily abandon a project to [[drill]] through two miles of [[Antarctica]]'s [[ice sheet]] to reach [[Lake Ellsworth (Antarctica)|Lake Ellsworth]] due to problems linking [[boreholes]] in the [[ice]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20850360 (BBC)] [http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/12/uk-team-abandons-effort-to-reach-subglacial-antarctic-lake.html (Nature)] [http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2012-12-27/antarctic-lake-project-abandoned-for-this-year/ (ITV News)] |
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