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Air Bag Blocks Spirit's Path

Posted by michael on from the jaws-of-life dept.

cosog writes "bad news everyone: 'Two sections of the air bags used to cushion Spirit during the landing phase are obstructing the vehicle's path.'. Fortunately scientists have a solution for it: 'We'll lift up the left petal of the lander, retract the airbag, then let the petal back down[...]'. This means that: 'The earliest the six-wheeled Spirit rover will get rolling is Jan. 14, about three days later than originally planned, NASA said'."

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  1. Re:Air bags are safety hazards by Skyfire · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Uhhh, what are you talking about? A lot of the injuries and deaths that happen in car crashes are caused by people being "thrown free" from the crash when they don't have their seatbelt on. And you do know that we are talking about a spacecraft here, right?

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