Lim admits that the recent loss of both the Mars Polar Lander and Mars Climate Orbiter may have affected favourable public opinion, which is what the project needs most if the dream of seeing astronauts on the Red Planet is ever to be realised.

BBC: Destination Mars on Earth

And, for those space-cadets who still dream of a manned mission to the planet, there is also the Mars radiation environment experiment.

ECONOMIST: Mars Odyssey

It was the realization of a dream for a player which had begun life with one simple dream -- to become one of the best striker's on the planet.

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