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Tumbleweed Rover for Marathon Martian Journeys

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dust-in-the-wind dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A prototype Mars rover, the Tumbleweed, has completed its 40 mile trek across the Antarctic, driven only by winds even in rough terrain over eight days. While the current rovers are designed for flat, equatorial regions, the tumbleweed design is geared to cover longer distances across what many consider the more interesting and dangerous polar regions on Mars."

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  1. Spaceballs!?! by Skyshadow · · Score: 4, Funny
    Oh shit, there goes the planet.

    (dives for cover)

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  2. next up... by glen604 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rover Bowling!

    1. Re:next up... by holizz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Super Martian Ball!

  3. We have good and bad news : by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 5, Funny
    The good news is : There -IS- life on Mars !

    ...The bad news is : Our gigantic soccerball just crushed it.

  4. Mc Donald wrapper by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    I vote for the rover in the form of a McDonald's cheeseburger wrapper. This will blow around across half the planet (at least until Val Kilmer's robot dog finds it and eats it)

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  5. This looks like a good idea. . . by twbecker · · Score: 4, Funny

    but can a hamster really survive on Mars?

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