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Mars Lander goes Spelunking!

Posted by jimjag on from the mars-needs-women dept.

Khan writes "Seems like the Polar Lander may have landed a little too far..about 1 mile deeper than expected into a canyon and probably broke apart in the process. Check out the article in the Miami Herald." According to the official Mars Polar web site, they are still looking for it, or at least some evidence of a crash. Maybe some Martian dragged it to its garage for spare parts.

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  1. Wyld E. MPL by Skyshadow · · Score: 5
    I have this bizarre image of the Mars Polar Lander plummeting, looney-toons style, to the bottom of this canyon.

    Too bad they didn't get any audio back from that microphone on the thing -- I suspect it would have picked up something along the lines of "Meep Meep!", followed by a high whistling sound and a "poof" on impact...

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