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Mobile operators get fixed price spectrum renewal in $3b Government windfall

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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Five-year anniversary of Opportunity knocking on Martian door

Science - Space



When the two planets--Mars and Earth--were formed several billion of years ago both had surface water and deep atmospheres.

But, billions of years of evolving made them go their separate ways.

Earth kept its water and atmosphere (which provided the basis for life now present), while Mars lost them, probably denying the planet of any chance to support a long-lasting presence of life.

Even though today they look very different, the two planets are still very similar when compared to conditions on other planets in the Solar System.

Thus, we learn more of Mars to learn more about Earth, and, in the process, improve our chances to survive on this big ball we call Earth, which is flying around the Sun, which is traveling around the Milky Way Galaxy, which is also moving through our Universe.

You can explore Mars like Spirit and Opportunity in a simulatator at ExploreMarsNow.org, which is provided by The Mars Society.

The website states, that is is a "realistic walk-though of a 3-D model of a Mars base for the first humans to land on Mars."

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