http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/03/14/mars.odyssey.ap/index.html

Scientists: Mars radiation poses risk
Friday, March 14, 2003 Posted: 10:30 AM EST (1530 GMT) 
 
PASADENA, California (AP) -- Radiation on Mars is so intense that it
could endanger astronauts sent to explore the Red Planet, and it's
unlikely that any extraterrestrial life would survive there, NASA
scientists said. 

High radiation levels measured by the space agency's unmanned Mars
Odyssey spacecraft suggest that any extraterrestrial life would have
little chance of surviving unless it were shielded beneath the planet's
dusty, cold surface, Cary Zeitlin of the National Space Biomedical
Research Institute in Houston said Thursday.

Jon
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