Journal names top scientific achievements of '04

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Journal names top scientific achievements of '04

Friday, December 17, 2004 Posted: 8:49 AM EST (1349 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The conclusive discovery by a pair of wheeled robots that Mars once had vast pools of water and possibly could have harbored life was chosen by the editors of the journal Science as the most important scientific achievement of 2004.

NASA's two Mars rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, landed on the Red Planet early in 2004 and have since found clear and conclusive evidence that Mars was drenched with water at some time in its history.

The editors of Science, one of the world's leading publishers of peer-reviewed, original research, judged the robotic accomplishment as the top scientific "Breakthrough of the Year..cont'd

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/16/breakthroughs.ap/index.html

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NASA also said, that despite some glitches, the rovers should continue operating for a few months more.