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A First Look At Meridiani Planum

Posted by timothy on from the tastes-like-mordor dept.

loconet writes "After Opportunity 's successful landing on mars , NASA has recieved the first images showing the landing site revealing a surreal, dark landscape unlike any ever seen before on Mars. The terrain is darker than at any previous Mars landing site and has the first accessible bedrock outcropping ever seen on Mars. The outcropping immediately became a candidate target for the rover to visit and examine up close."

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  1. Bush's Fuckups by thelizman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, over 30 million arabs free from oppression, defining their own constitution for the first time, and experiencing democracy and free enterprise. Whooh, too bad someone didn't stop that shit. Without the Taliban and Saddam killing those sand niggers, we'll be overrun with college-educated arabs in no time.

    1. Re:Bush's Fuckups by superyooser · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      No, apparently you missed the sarcasm. When the USA liberated 30 million Arab Muslims, white supremacists were against it. They didn't want to sacrifice white blood to save a bunch of "sand niggers." When all you lilly-white Europeans opposed the liberation, it put you on the same page as white racists. I'm not accusing you of being racist against Arabs because I don't know you, but racism has definitely been a reason for opposing the war for Iraqi freedom.