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Air Bag Blocks Spirit's Path
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'."
...the robots with the flamethrowers always make it though the maze faster.
But 'no', they said. 'Flamethrowers weigh too much', they said. That's what happens when you replace all the visionaries with bean counters.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
That it isn't really just some Martians up there messing with it to give us grief?
With the ~30 minutes lag, your finger-twitching reflexes "ain't gonna mean shit".
I thought the article was going to be about some wacked out church claiming to have scientific proof that you don't get to go to heaven if you die in an airbag-equipped car.
Crummy mars robot spoiling my fun.
Triv
Why not just roll off the alternate ramp and start exploring?
TV ratings. Better to build up suspense first.
To misquote Dick Solomon, Alien Physics Teacher :
Trains don't kill people, physics kills people.