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To: 300winmag
It looks like it's not setting on the base petal, but it can right itself later. Waiting for news of NASA news conference later.

I think Spirit came down on the base petal. Pretty neat how any petal down works. Just unfold, and it self rights.

16,270 posted on 01/24/2004 10:17:56 PM PST by Professional Engineer (So, Spirit turns to Beagle and says, "Hold my beer and watch this")
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To: Professional Engineer
Pretty neat how any petal down works. Just unfold, and it self rights.

But it's only upright when the base petal is on the ground. It keeps flipping from petal to petal until the base is on the ground. It's also pretty amazing how this bigger vehicle folds itself up into a volume the same size as the smaller Sojurner. That's because it had to fit inside the same airbag system and launch fairing.

16,271 posted on 01/24/2004 10:22:58 PM PST by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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