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Mars Rovers on New Missions

Posted by michael on from the keeps-going-and-going dept.

mycro writes "According to CNN, the Mars rovers are on a brand new mission. Because the Mars Spirit and Opportunity rovers are in such great condition and 'keep going and going', NASA will be using them for a longer period of time to study water, rocks, and formations on Mars." An anonymous reader writes "Today NASA has given its Opportunity rover a green light to enter the steep Endurance crater. Looking at deeper martian bedrock layers is considered now a rich enough science payoff to weigh favorably against the real chance that the rover cannot get back out of the crater."

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  1. well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    oh it's so frustrating to watch. Its like on horror movies...

    Don't go there. oh oh .. awww see now you are stuck with scary martians

  2. NASA should have consulted Q by Alain+Williams · · Score: 4, Funny
    Looking at the picture of the crater, the rover presumably may not have enough grip to get out.

    If only NASA had fitted the tyre grips used by James Bond in 'Die Another Day', it is not as if they cost a lot .

  3. Re:Worth It by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Funny

    People being people, by that time we'd also have protests and demonstrations by the Free Mars Movement over the removing of historic artifacts of Mars' past from their native land.

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