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Mars Rover Spirit Recovers From Steering Glitch

Posted by michael on from the a-okay dept.

jangobongo writes "Spirit's steering glitch apparently cleared up on its own and engineers are still trying to understand what caused it. Meanwhile, the rover Opportunity found a cracked rock that may provide evidence of a second water event in the red planet's past."

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  1. The wrong side of the planet. by eibhear · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...are still trying to understand what caused it"

    I suspect that Spirit stopped at a light on the wrong side of the planet and it went green while the locals were replacing those wheels with blocks.

    Mind you, NASA's never going to admit that...

    Éibhear

  2. Crack Rock? by qnonsense · · Score: 1, Funny

    We spend $800M on robots to find crack on mars? Man, I'm sure I gould find a whole lot more than one lousy rock for that much, and I don't even smoke! Stupid NASA.

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  3. Re:I love these plucky little guys by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    consider ramping up the rate and diversity of robotic planetary missions, rather than attempting a complex, dangerous manned mission with insufficient funding.

    How dare you outsource MY job to robots! Next you will be sending up starving Ethiopians because they are going to die soon anyhow and work for micro-peanuts.

    - Pissed Astronaut

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