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Spirit Rover Makes Longest Trip Yet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the robots-on-another-planet dept.

ivan1011001 writes "Spirit traveled just over 88 feet in an attempt to visit the crater "Bonneville" to look for evidence of water on Mars. Engineers had hoped the rover would travel 164 feet, but Spirit didn't cover the full distance because it spent more time than initially planned studying rocks and soil along the way. This is longer than its earlier PR of 70 feet."

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  1. When I was a little kid.. by Thrakkerzog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    my aunt called my mom. I decided to answer the phone. She told me to go get my mom, so I started walking outside to get her. Along the way, I started playing with rocks and bugs in the driveway, and completely forgot about my aunt.

    I finally made it over to my mom, and told her that there was a phone call for her. It was 45 minutes later, though!

    I know this has nothing to do with the mars lander, but it reminded me of something silly I did when I was a toddler.