The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
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William Atkins
Friday, 30 May 2008 22:18
As of Wednesday, the weather in the area, according to meteorological equipment onboard Phoenix was sunny, with only a moderate amount of dust in the air.
The digging operation will begin next week, after a few days of testing and preliminary activities.
This most important part of the mission will be done to determine the composition of the soil a few inches to about one foot under the surface, and to find out if primitive life ever occurred on the planet.
The mission for the Phoenix Lander is only about three months long. By the time winter comes to the northern Martian plains, the spacecraft will be subjected to bitterly colder temperatures. NASA scientists expect the Phoenix will succumb to the brutally cold temperatures.
A video, which includes audio of the Phoenix Mars Lander descending through the atmosphere of the planet Mars, is found at the Space.com website “Phoenix Speaks.”
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