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Mars Odyssey Begins Overtime

Posted by timothy on from the time-and-a-half dept.

thhamm writes "NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter begins working overtime today after completing a prime mission that discovered vast supplies of frozen water, ran a safety check for future astronauts, and mapped surface textures and minerals all over Mars, among other feats. An extended Mission until 2006 has been approved, and I hope it will last that long, maybe doing more safety checks for astronauts :)"

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  1. Re:bogus info... by Kiryat+Malachi · · Score: 1, Redundant

    They're not talking about the rovers, jackass.

    Orbiter. Orbits the planet. The orbiter mapped all over Mars.

    Let me break it down further. Odyssey is an orbiter. Spirit and Discovery are rovers. Did you read the story? Did it even MENTION the rovers, or did it talk about Odyssey, the orbiter?

    And you have the nerve to call them exaggerators, when you're flat out WRONG.

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