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Spirit Takes Snapshot of Earth

ControlFreal writes "On its 66th Sol on Mars, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has obtained its first full view of crater Bonneville. In doing so, Spirit achieved its primary travel destination, as set out in its initial itinerary. Furthermore, Spirit has now travelled more than 300 meters, thereby fulfilling its minimum mission success criteria. With this, and Opportunity halfway through its primary mission, and having discovered very strong indications of a wet Martian past, NASA has truly many an astonishing interplanetary succes story! See the overview at the Mars Rover site for more details." Another reader writes "Among the 'money-shots' from the Mars rovers would have to rank the 'pale blue dot' image released today--a view looking back towards Earth. The larger image also includes the horizon and Sun, which because the Earth is seen as an inner planet closer in towards the Sun from a martian perspective, is difficult to photograph without saturation by solar glare."

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  1. I've got a ginger-snap by Phidoux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    of Earth. Anyone want a bite?

  2. In case it is slashdotted. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  3. where's my car? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can't remember where I parked it.

    1. Re:where's my car? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  4. I bet history will define todays world by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    with the following caption.

    Nothing to see, please move along.

  5. Boneville by I_l00P · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Was it named after Fone Bone and his cousins homeland?

  6. Now all we have to do is... by OpenSourcesJapsEye · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...get porn standards compliant.

    * No jewellery on the man
    * GOOD doggystyle angle - CLEAR PENETRATION
    * Pretty girls, NOT skanks
    * The men have NO body hair
    * The men do NOT make noise during the sex
    * The men do NOT have small cocks
    * The girl looks happy during the fucking
    * Natural positions
    * Sleazy positions (the girl looks like she is asleep etc.)
    * Messy CUMSHOTS

    This is just the blueprint. The battle will begin here - http://www.johnnyversace.com. Jesus is our LEADER.

  7. can i by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    put my peepee in your vagina??

  8. Re:hmmm by bbowers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As I should have a small friends list here. The list of contacts of real people on my cell phone is much much larger I assure you. Just goes to show I don't sit on my ass on the computer all day :-)

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    Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day.
  9. Re:YAY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shut up Gates.

  10. Would you???? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Would you fuck this babe? After some pondering, I think my answer is yes. Not sure what that says about my sexuality..

  11. Re:Slashdotted to Oblivion... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's funny how when someone says they're karma whoring, they get modded down, but when they don't say it, they're always +5 Informative.

  12. Re:They're not fooling anyone... by nebaz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But what is the turtle standing on?

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    Rhymes that keep their secrets will unfold behind the clouds.There upon the rainbow is the answer to a neverending story
  13. Re:Slashdotted to Oblivion... by the+pickle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, that is rather amusing.

    And sad, because most of the time, the site doesn't magically resurrect itself five minutes after giving massive MySQL timeouts, and the people who browse at anything above 0 never see the truly informative article text.

    p

  14. Re:Congratulations! by dave420 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Modded as OVERRATED?? The mind boggles...

  15. Re:Congratulations! by kahrhoff · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    still better than your spellcheck.

  16. Re:Congratulations! But... by WorkEmail · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, and a huge group of Awesome Aliens partying it up on a houseboat with ton's of Miller Light would have been cool too.