In 982, a Viking called Eric the Red sailed west in search of new land.

982年，一个名叫红发埃里克的维京人向西航行，以期寻找新大陆。

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Things were not looking so good for alien life in 1976, after the Viking I spacecraft landed on Mars, stretched out its robotic arm, and gathered up a fist-size pile of red dirt for chemical testing.

1976人们对于异星生命的存在感到很悲观。 当年海盗一号飞行器登录火星，用它伸出的机械臂抓起了一掊红色的火星尘土并进行了化学测试。

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The story of American Exploration begins with a Viking called "Erik the Red".

美洲探险的传奇始于一个名叫“红色埃里克”的维京海盗。

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They are cooler than the "Medieval Warm Period" about 1, 000 years ago when Eric the Red and his Icelandic Viking tribe settled on grasslands of Greenland's southwestern coast, and much warmer than about 400 years ago when the Northern Hemisphere plunged into depths of a "Little Ice Age" (not a true Ice Age).

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Before Mars Global Surveyor, red planet researchers relied on Viking data from the 1970s, which yielded much lower resolution images.

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Every time they go ashore, the first one says with a severe Viking frown, they must turn their tags on the tag board from green to red.

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