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Article: Kansas University Graduate Student Develops Prototype for Mars Radar System.
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- December 3, 2001
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By Terry Rombeck, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 3--It looks like a black shoe box with an antenna, but a prototype radar system developed by a Kansas University graduate student could someday help determine if there is water on Mars.
Using a fellowship from NASA, Carl Leuschen worked four years on the project while obtaining his Ph.D. in electrical engineering. He will graduate in December.
"Water on Mars can help us understand the history of the planets," Leuschen said. "One of the goals is to find if there is life on Mars. Water would be some indication there might be."
Finding water also ...