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Healthy Spirit Cleans a Mars Rock; Opportunity Rolls
NASA - JPL ^
| 02-06-2004
| NASA/JPL
Posted on 02/06/2004 7:30:01 PM PST by Phil V.
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:30:02 PM PST
by
Phil V.
To: xm177e2; XBob; wirestripper; whattajoke; VOR78; Virginia-American; Vinnie_Vidi_Vici; VadeRetro; ...
If you'd like to be on or off this MARS ping list please FRail me
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:32:25 PM PST
by
Phil V.
To: Phil V.
Giant scab found on Mars...
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:34:12 PM PST
by
Doohickey
(The ultimate paradigm of government is the public restroom)
To: Phil V.
How bout a little commentary on the photo?
looks a LOT like a footpath to me, of course ridiculous.
almost appears habitable.
selling cost per acre?
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:35:39 PM PST
by
eccl1212
( "anybody else wanna negotiate?")
To: Phil V.
Truly remarkable picture of LIFE!
To: Phil V.
Worm holes?
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:36:04 PM PST
by
blam
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:37:17 PM PST
by
Phil V.
To: Phil V.
Wonderful great news about the Spirit. This makes up for some of the @#$ down here on this dust mote.
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:38:03 PM PST
by
amom
To: Phil V.
Looks like gabbro to me.
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:38:23 PM PST
by
doodad
To: eccl1212
How bout a little commentary on the photo? Sorry. Here's the text from the press relaese that explains the picture. To the left is an area that was not cleaned. The darker area is brushed. The area of the picture is less than 2" sq.
The brushing on Thursday was the first use of a rock abrasion tool by either Spirit or its twin rover, Opportunity. The brush swirled for five minutes, said Stephen Gorevan of Honeybee Robotics, New York, lead scientist for the rock abrasion tools on both rovers. "I didn't expect much of a difference. This is a big surprise," Gorevan said about a picture showing the brushed area is much darker than the rest of the rock's surface. "Ladies and gentlemen, I present you the greatest interplanetary brushing of all time."
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:42:29 PM PST
by
Phil V.
To: Phil V.
It looks like the Ho Chi Men trail from 20,000 feet. If you look closely, you can see a check point (the little squared patch beside the road)
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:43:11 PM PST
by
CommandoFrank
(Peer into the depths of hell and there is the face of Islam!)
To: Phil V.
This guy needs to try the decaf!
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:44:38 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(For more news as it happens, stay tuned to your local FReeper Network station !!!)
To: All
The Nasa website is offering a free screen-saver with updated images from the rovers. It automatically downloads the latest images. Pretty cool. Just a fyi.
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:47:27 PM PST
by
jempet
To: eccl1212
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:48:21 PM PST
by
Phil V.
To: Phil V.
I don't know, but reading this report made my teeth start to hurt...
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:51:35 PM PST
by
mikrofon
To: Phil V.
"Cleans a rock?"
What are we, interplanetary room service?
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:57:16 PM PST
by
Tacis
To: CommandoFrank
CommandoFrank, I think that you're just the guy I need to recruit to examine this obvious fossil of a Martian TRex clearly exposed in this stereo set.
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posted on
02/06/2004 7:59:05 PM PST
by
Phil V.
To: doodad
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posted on
02/06/2004 8:10:43 PM PST
by
doodad
To: Phil V.
What would we do if it WAS a spinal fossil of an ancient species frozen in the now sterile martian tundra?
And would they tell us if they determined that was really what this was?
just kidding of course...
right?
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posted on
02/06/2004 8:12:05 PM PST
by
eccl1212
( "anybody else wanna negotiate?")
To: Phil V.
Looks more like petrified wood shaped like a dino.
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posted on
02/06/2004 8:16:34 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(Unix runs slower than DOS)
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