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To: saganite

The Mars Rovers are also still roving:

Spaceflightnow.com

Opportunity has descended the inner slope of the 800-meter-wide crater (half a mile wide) to a band of relatively bright bedrock exposed partway down. The rover is in position to touch a selected slab of rock with tools at the end of its robotic arm, after safety checks being commanded because the rover is at a 25-degree tilt. Researchers intend to begin examining the rock with those tools later this week.


16 posted on 09/27/2007 1:48:56 PM PDT by RightWhale (25 degrees today. Phase state change accomplished.)
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To: RightWhale

I saw that too. Amazing little machines.


18 posted on 09/27/2007 1:49:59 PM PDT by saganite
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