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Perseverance in the Robotic Exploration of Mars – by by Dr. Ruwantissa Abeyratne (Writing from Montreal ) Source:Srilankaguardian The legal technicalities of these missions are the same whether these three States explored and “exploited” the resources of the Red Planet or the geophysical assets of a nearby asteroid. “The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don’t have a space program, it’ll serve us right!” ― Larry Niven On 30 July 2020, the Perseverance Robotic Mission to Mars blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The equipment for the takeoff was a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying NASA’s nuclear-powered Perseverance Mars rover. The Robotic portion of the equipment – the rover – is due to land on the surface of the red planet on 18 February next year on a 28-mile-wide crater near the remnants of an ancient ...