Spirit Grinds Adirondack, Looks for Iron

Quantum Jim writes "Space.com reported on Friday that Spirit used its Rock Abrasion Tool against a Martian rock dubbed Adirondack. Although the rover spent three hours grinding the rock, it was only skinned by about 2.7 mm. Scientists say this is due to an unexpected amount of resistance. Spirit is currently standing by for ground contollers to deactivate a safety feature so it can be repositioned"

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Re:Lack of interest?

[stevesliva]

Boredom is inevitable, at least until the 3D IMAX movie comes out.

The last time we were roving around on another planet and looking at rocks during Apollo 17, the world responded with a collective yawn. Better to bring your golf club like Alan Shepard. Now that's exciting! You can hit a one-handed seven iron like 1000 yards...