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Mars rover aims to grab a piece of history
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50663278Mars rover aims to grab a piece of history
By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent
5 December 2019
British engineers have begun testing technologies that will be needed to bring samples of Martian rock to Earth.
The Airbus team is training a prototype rover to recognise and pick up small cylinders off the ground.
It's a rehearsal for a key part of a multi-billion-dollar project now being put together by the US and European space agencies - Nasa and Esa.
Returning rock and dust materials to Earth laboratories will be the best way to confirm if life exists on Mars.
It is, though, going to take more than a decade to achieve.
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Plus a bunch of other small components.
Things I've touched are going to Mars.
Holy shit! 
