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Second Opportunity For Mars Rover
An anonymous reader writes "The Mars Opportunity rover faces a challenging survey around the rim of the stadium-sized Endurance Crater. In addition to what was previously described as the critical choice to go into the steep crater at the risk of not being able to get back out, this "most spectacular view we've seen of the Martian surface" may aid in answering how deep an ancient sea or lake might have been and how long it lasted. Endurance Crater appears much older and thus may pre-date arrival of significant standing water."
They got that far allready? Damn!
Well, then its time for me to push the button.
Cant have them snooping around my "lasers" you know.
The system had the verbosity of HTML combined with all the readability of compiled assembly viewed as bitmap images
Quick! You have until 5pm to get the free shrimp at Long John Silver's!
They promised that if NASA found evidence of water on Mars that they would give free Shrimp to the whole country. They followed through! (Now if only Mir had hit that Taco Bell sign...)
To be picky, even the source of solar energy is limited. But this shouldn't worry us I guess! ;-)
A much better (and much larger) version of the panorama has been available at the NASA site for days.
That's a pretty huge image. Take the full version and zoom around - there's proof martians have advanced technology
MR: *blip* SCANNING AREA
Houston: Receiving data.
MR: *beep* FOUND SCATTERED ARTIFACTS
Houston: (operators go quiet) Zoom in on the artifacts, Mars Rover.
MR: *bzt* REGULAR GEOMETRIC FORMS FOUND. SIZE NO LARGER THAN 5" RESEMBLING FRAGMENTS OF METALS
Houston: Ah, that's the Beagle, Mars Rover, continue.
MR: *bip*