June 28, 2002

Fighting for a Piece of Mars

By RICH MONASTERSKY

Scientists push for a mission to grab samples of the Red Planet

On an early summer afternoon, a throng of tourists chokes the gem-and-mineral

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exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. They gawk at the Hope diamond, linger over the larger

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