For followers of European space affairs, the ExoMars initiative has been a long, drawn-out affair.

对于欧洲航空事务的追随者，天外火星计划是一个拖了很久的事情。

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In ExoMars, we have all the technologies we need, so to lose any components is not good.

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ExoMars and its smaller cousin could be targeted at the Methane sources identified by the 2016 orbiter.

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ExoMars' primary mission is to search for signs of past or present life.

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