News from Mars

An anonymous reader writes "While the Beagle 2 may have been gobbled up by Mars--Eater of Spacecraft, the main part of the ESA's recent Mars mission is doing well. The Mars Express Orbiter has sent back some amazing pictures of The Grand Canyon of Mars (Valles Marineris). Yes, this is the same gigantic geological feature that was missed by Mariner 4, 6, and 7 but finally found by Mariner 9. In other news, the Spirit rover is getting ready to grind the rock Adirondack (picture)."

Comments

I'm getting ready to grind the rock too

[corebreech]

I just don't take pictures or issue press releases. Probably best that way.

Press release is kind of funny...

[JMZero]

...featuring famous landmarks on the surface of Mars 'as seen through European eyes'...

I thank those noble European eyes that were sacrificed in order to make this European mission Euro-possible.

It's ironic. By so blatantly highlighting the Euro-ticity of this mission, they sound very American.

Re:Press release is kind of funny...

[Puls4r]

Thank you for pointing that out. I was waiting for someone to do it - and you did in a much better way than I could of. Seems like the ESA has a serious case of American Penis Envy. Scratch that. The whole damn EU seems to have it. Why does every clipping have to mention how they are doing it "better" than Americans are..... Yeah ok. I wonder if I can find a part of Mars no one has mapped, look at it with my Telescope, then make some grandiose statement about how the ESA's piece of shit probe missed this or that particular feature.......

Re:Image mirror

[BWJones]

Another one here, just in case.

In case of what? This workstation hosting the image is running OS X. :-)

Mars Mission...

[BigJimSlade]

...the most expensive computer wallpaper generating space mission ever.