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NASA's Spirit Rover Crew Are 'Slaves To Mars'

Posted by timothy on from the absolute-mars-corrupts-absolutely dept.

Quirk writes "The Telegraph has a bit on the challenge faced by the 280 team members who have had to leave Earth time behind and attune their circadian clock to the Mars solar day or 'sol'. '...the team's wake-up times and meal times two weeks after the landing will have shifted by nine hours.'"

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  1. Mars Time by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That explains things. I think I've been attuned to Mars time for a while now.

    After all, it's not like my caffeine addiction could be affecting me.

  2. "Mars"? by hey! · · Score: 2, Funny

    That "Barsoom" you peasant!

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  3. I wanna Mars Watch! by RobertB-DC · · Score: 4, Funny

    Julie Townsend copes by wearing two watches: one on her left wrist set to Earth time, a second, specially modified, on her right running on Mars time.

    "There are some things I only know in Mars time," said Townsend, a mission avionics engineer.

    Time to write another note to the folks at ThinkGeek: please add the Mars Watch to your Gadgets :: Watches lineup! I want a Mars Watch!

    And please, be sure to have it modelled by Ms. Townsend. For me, she's a great role model for my daughters. For the rest of Slashdot: she's a girl geek! Cool!

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