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Mars exploration

Going underground

A new generation of planetary radar aims to look deeper than ever into some of the Solar System's most enduring mysteries. Tony Reichhardt gets ready for a trip to the interior.

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Reichhardt, T. Going underground. Nature 435, 266–267 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435266a

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