While sci-fi movie junkies are reeling over the recent NASA image in which a structure that resembles the monolith seen in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey," protrudes off the surface of Mars, NASA announced today its search for alternative, cheaper ways to continue Mars exploration after it was rocked by recent budget cuts.
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As for the so-called monolith, experts say it's likely a rock that fell from the face of a nearby cliff.
MORE: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/04/nasa-reevaluates-mars-program-after-budget-cuts/
See also...
Shuttle Discovery nears trek to Smithsonian
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-775162?hpt=hp_bn1
Astronomer Finds Evidence for Record-Breaking Nine Planet System
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120412105531.htm
Workings of Nearby Planetary System Revealed
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120412105533.htm
