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		vardhanw on Nov 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Bacterial Life-Form Discovered in NASA and ESA... About #2, it may be the other way round, anything escaping Earth is easily pulled in towards Mars' orbit by the Sun's gravitational pull. The other way round, it requires more energy to escape.

andyjohnson0 on Nov 28, 2013 [–]

"...pulled in towards Mars' orbit..."

Mars is further from the Sun then the Earth is.

vardhanw on Dec 1, 2013 | [–]

Oops. Took my unconscious mind for granted I guess.

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