15 Jul
2003
15 Jul
'03
2:51 a.m.
Yes, a friend from NASA tells me that due to the closeness, the new Mars probes will take only 6 months to get there. I guess that we missed one of the best chances to get men to Mars for quite a while. At 01:31 PM 7/14/03 -0700, Eugene Salamin wrote:
Mars is approaching opposition in late August, and this will be its closest approach to Earth in human history. Already it is very bright in the night sky. At its peak, Mars will be magnitude -2.9 and 25.1" diameter.