Sheddings from Opportunity Lead Rover Fans on a "Bunny" Chase

NASA - JPL ^ | 03-04-2004 | NASA/JPL

[Phil V.]

If you'd like to be on or off this MARS ping list please FRail me

[Phil V.]

Bunny stories are cute, but of more interest to this Mars fan is the continuing accumulation of photos suggesting "roots" on the "blueberries"

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[ChipShot]

Please add me to your mars ping list. I have gotten tired of trying to track down all the posts to get my fix. Knowledgable Freepers give much better explanations than idiot reporters.

I know the eye can play trick on everyone (hence dragon and elephant shapes in the clouds), but those "roots" look like spider legs.

Thanks for keeping us all up to date.

Chipshot

[R. Scott]

At first I thought the rover was going to chase Martian rabbits - I enjoyed chasing jack rabbits in the Arizona desert by moonlight on a Harley. Maybe Rover needed a break from work?

[Phil V.]

You too?!
I didn't have a Harley. We used a Honda 90 for a cow pony. At night I'd put one of the kids on the back with a long handle fish net and go after jack rabbits out in the cow pastures. . . . long, long ago . . .

[LibWhacker]

The Mars Pathfinder mission set a precedent in 1997 for puzzling pieces around the landing site. An object dubbed "Pinky" caught the attention of the Pathfinder science team and the public. Although never positively identified, it was thought to be a piece of Kapton tape – an adhesive used often in aerospace applications.

I suppose it never occurred to those geniuses after that little fiasco with Pathfinder to imprint every square centimeter of any future lander with a clearly identifiable pattern of unique lines, colors, tick marks, geometric figures, etc. -- a fingerprint, so to speak? Or should I say IT DID occur to them but managers overruled it?

It wouldn't cost much to do that and, furthermore, in the future they could tell where on the lander the piece came from and keep wild public speculation to a minimum.

[hershey]

True, but public speculation is half the fun...and we're paying the freight. We deserve a few smiles. The engineers and scientists have lived and breathed the Mars Rover for years, while the general dumb public has had to glean bits of info here and there....mostly way over our heads. We're all Walter Mitty's now, vicariously exploring Mars and loving it.

[Darksheare]

The attack bunnies of mars?
Cool.

[TopDog2]

The attack bunnies of mars?

Jimmy Carter is cowering as we speak...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Darksheare]

LOL!
It's hysterical, and sadly pathetic, that the pic of him valiantly defending himself from a killer rabbit has been removed from cyberspace.

[Cvengr]

You might find this site interesting, but be sure to wear the tin foil before venturing too far...

http://www.holloworbs.com/real_mars.htm

[R. Scott]

It was fun - but those Jack Rabbits had no problem out maneuvering a Harley FLH.

[TopDog2]

Really? I guess he prefers his image as a Nobel prize winner to his actual image as a wimpy metrosexual who's afraid of a rabbit.

[Don Joe]

You might find this site interesting, but be sure to wear the tin foil before venturing too far...

Tinfoil hats will not suffice. That place calls for the whole tinfoil suit, and, enough breadcrumbs to drop every few steps so that you can find your way out.

Ever notice that whatever pathological oddity it is that causes tinfoilitis also causes the mad typists to format their text using the <CENTER> tag? Do they think their screeds are poetry? Or do they just enjoy making it painful to read?

[tet68]

The attack bunnies of mars?

Mars needs does?

Space Cops stops Martian Lops!
More to follow.

[GeronL]

I'm more interested in the berries. Especially that split one with an 'obvious' indentation or pit. I was looking for a stem!

[Darksheare]

LOL!
Martian Lops hop at Space Cops.

[Darksheare]

Yes.
Awhile ago there was a bit of a internet scavenger hunt for the pic of the attack rabbit and Carter.
One person found it, but within seconds it was inexplicably 'removed from the server' it was on.