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Mars rover completes test drive 'rehearsal'
CNN.Com / Science & Space ^
| Sunday, January 11, 2004 Posted: 11:37 PM EST (0437 GMT)
| Reuters
Posted on 01/11/2004 9:58:00 PM PST by Bobby777
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:42 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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PASADENA, California (Reuters) -- NASA engineers staged a "dress rehearsal" Sunday for the rover Spirit's first drive on Mars and scientists snapped the most detailed images yet of the rocky landscape where the robotic explorer likely will begin its search for signs of water.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mars; nasa; space
and if some Martian pushes the "On-Star" button, they could win a new Cadillac ... high delivery fee, though ...
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01/11/2004 9:58:04 PM PST
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Bobby777
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01/11/2004 9:58:38 PM PST
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(I'd rather be sleeping. Let's get this over with so I can go back to sleep!)
Mars rover view of 'Sleepy Hollow,' a nearby depression that the six-wheeled robot may visit.
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posted on
01/11/2004 9:59:02 PM PST
by
Bobby777
we need one of these puppies to plant the American flag in the soil ... but of course ... it could all be a TRICK!!! LOL ... (just kidding!)
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posted on
01/11/2004 10:02:59 PM PST
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Bobby777
To: Bobby777
Too cool.
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posted on
01/11/2004 10:04:50 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: Bobby777; Howlin; bonesmccoy; KevinDavis
"All the scientists are wildly excited," he said. "They see a diversity of rocks ... and stories that are waiting to be read and they want to reveal those stories." The reporters seem to all be asking: "Why is this taking so long?"!
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01/11/2004 11:18:03 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Davis is now out of Arnoold's Office , Bout Time!!!!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
That's not a correct impression for the professional aerospace and science journalists. On the other hand, the neophyte reporters who write for smaller papers aren't in the same boat.
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posted on
01/12/2004 7:56:49 AM PST
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bonesmccoy
(defend America...get vaccinated.)
To: Bobby777
Are they setting up a button for GW to press and send it down the ramp?
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