U.S. and Russia sign pact to hunt for water on Mars, moon http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0350549020071004?sp=true
Thu Oct 4, 2007
By Michael Stott
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States, the world's great space powers, celebrated the eve of the first satellite launch 50 years ago with a pact to use Russian technology on NASA missions to seek water on the moon and Mars.
NASA administrator Michael Griffin signed the cooperation deal with his Russian counterpart at a ceremony on Wednesday at the U.S. embassy residence in Moscow attended by cosmonauts and astronauts and featuring a recorded greeting from space. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0350549020071004?sp=true