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Mars Rover Rolls And Turns

Posted by timothy on from the now-make-it-beg dept.

hcg50a writes "MSNBC reports that overnight, 'the golfcart-sized rover cut the final cord tying it to the landing platform that it came in on 10 days ago, then backed up about 10 inches (25 centimeters) and turned 45 degrees. These were the first maneuvers planned in preparation for having Spirit roll 10 feet (3 meters) down a ramp onto the Martian surface on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.' The NASA Mars rover website has complete animations from numerous cameras of the 45-degree turn. Driver training was never this cool!"

6 of 339 comments (clear)

  1. Teach it to fetch and sit by ObviousGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You'd have yourself a Rover trained as well as an CEO?

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  2. Re:Latest Mars images available thru apt-get by spacecowboy420 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ok, I use apt, but I am using fedora. Now I can imagine a couple of ways to do this, but is there an elegant solution already available for working with packages/repositories from different distributions?

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  3. Render wrong in Mozilla by hey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That MSNBC page rendering wrong in Mozilla 1.5 on NT for me. There a big chunk of white on the right where I assume the article is supposed to be. The article is found down at the bottom. Its been a long time since a page didn't render correctly in Moz. Is MS being bad?

  4. Mars Advertising Opportunities by pipingguy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is the "Magic Carpet" which is...

    Oooh yeah, buzzwords! Sleepy Hollow!

    When is the scheduled bump into the Radio Shack or Coke logo-ed Mars rock?

    PS/OT: Does the off-centered "R" in Radio Shack's logo (circle containing the letter "R") have anything to do with legal matters? I've always wondered about that.

  5. Jenkins' Supplement to Godwin`s Law by davejenkins · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ooked up by creationists in the Bush administration

    I hereby propose (and invoke) Jenkins' Supplement to Godwin`s Law: any thread, given long enough or a wide participation base, will eventually include posts that blame/glorify the current administration, no matter the topic. While not damaging to the overall thread, it immediately disqualifies the poster from any rational conclusion.

    (originally proposed and accepted on www.fark.com discussion boards)

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  6. In other news... by Zog+The+Undeniable · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Marlon Brando rolled and turned in bed last night. The orbit of the Moon was slightly affected by the resulting shift in Earth's gravitational field, but NASA have emphasised that the risk of asteroid strikes is still low.

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