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To: SunkenCiv

I don’t see any tire tracks yet. This thing still sitting where it landed?


6 posted on 08/18/2012 1:21:21 AM PDT by WSGilcrest (/s)
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To: WSGilcrest

“This thing still sitting where it landed?”

Apparently the Martian DMV isn’t any more efficient than ours.

[NASA shouldn’t have gone with vanity plates]


7 posted on 08/18/2012 2:34:12 AM PDT by Salamander (Snakes. It had to be snakes.)
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To: WSGilcrest

Once it starts rolling, it’ll require much less direction from Earth. Instead of programming each day’s route based on the current pix, this newest rover is self-guided and autonomous.

Of course, eventually it’ll show up in Earth orbit as the core of a huge alien probe...


15 posted on 08/18/2012 5:49:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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