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Dates: during 2000-2009
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The rovers, no matter how good their vision is, will have to take things slowly. There will be no scooting from rock to rock when the cameras spot an interesting outcropping. At their fastest, the rovers will move only about 2 in. per second--or about 0.1 m.p.h. And that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Closing In on Mars | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

As an expedition leader, he is perhaps more lovable than inspirational, usually to be found below deck, sweating over a laptop and dog-eared papers, rather than breasting the wind on deck as his ship slices through the shimmering swells. Yet when he talks about the project, his resolve glints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sailing in History's Wake | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

Modern scholars identify these voyagers as ancient Indonesians, based upon the indelible linguistic and DNA footprints they left behind in East Africa. However, Madagascar is only the mid-point of Beale's projected voyage: from there, he plans to sail the ship around the Cape of Good Hope, one of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sailing in History's Wake | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

When the launch finally came on Aug. 15, it was a grand and surprisingly emotional affair. President Megawati Sukarnoputri oversaw the gala ceremony in Jakarta and impulsively stepped aboard to take a closer look. For the Indonesian crew, led by I Gusti Putu Ngurah Sedana, a navy captain from Bali...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sailing in History's Wake | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

Philip Beale looked a bit dazed. His adventure has every appearance of being just what he says it is: an extravagant youthful dream he has clung to for 20 years and which he is now riding out into the broad world, where so much can go awry. As his ship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sailing in History's Wake | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

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