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[GreenMarine]

Originally Posted by SVXRide

Harry/Dave,
I was only involved in Phoenix to the extent that I know the Principal Investigator (Peter Smith) and his boss (Michael Drake) at the Lunar Planetary Lab at the University of Arizona is the Principal Investigator on the Asteroid Sample return mission I've been working on for the last three years. My Mars mission is actually one of only two missions still in the running to be the next Mars mission (launch in 2013 since NASA HQ hosed up the 2011 launch opportunity). The Launch System Manager for Phoenix at Lockheed Martin is also slated to be the Launch System Manager on the Mars mission I'm working on, so I've been working with him for ~ 2 years.
-Bill

Dude! Bill, did you know that we have a NASA Mars research lab here at the NC State Centennial Campus? I think it's in "Research Building 4" or something like that... I used to drive past it when I went to the Industrial Extension Service to turn in my time sheets...

~ Chris