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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!"

3 of 339 comments (clear)

  1. Am I... by Vrallis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Am I the only person who started to mis-read that as 'The mars rover rolls over,' and suddenly felt their stomach hit the floor?

  2. Yeah, well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Shit happens, too fucking bad.

  3. Re:Latest Mars images available thru apt-get by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

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