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One Year on Mars

Posted by michael on from the tempus-fugit dept.

RetroGeek writes "It has been almost a full year for the Mars rovers. NASA has created a flashback of rover images and information. You can use either HTML or Flash (it is the best use of the technology I have seen). There is even a movie taken from the hazard avoidance camera showing the full year of travel."

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  1. Well by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny


    maybe they could use the same sets for the manned mission.

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  2. Re:Quoth TFA by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    What does an earth year have to do with a martian year? Nothing thats what!

    These rovers are traditionalists who choose to keep the customs of their homeland, so they still celebrate the earth holidays.

  3. Re:Water on Mars by eclectro · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seems to put to bed the question of liquid water on Mars.

    And how do we know that isn't the rover's transmission fluid that leaked out??

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  4. Re:Maybe I'm just a crumudgeon by tuomasr · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess it's better than the html, which seems broken with my firefox setup.

    Yep, it's broken on firefox with me too, running default setup on WinXP.

    Given the fact that they can't make a simple webpage work with more than one browser makes me wonder how the hell did they manage to put two rovers on an another planet for a year...

    -1, Idiot

  5. Grab some popcorn? by SharpFang · · Score: 4, Funny

    The movie section says "grab some popcorn and select one of the movies to the left to start the show". I'd rather say "select one of the movies to the left, then drive to the mall to buy some popcorn, and when you're back, it will start".

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  6. Re:Seasons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What if the Martian Groundhog sees its shadow?

  7. Re:Science over everything by I+don't+want+to+spen · · Score: 3, Funny
    There could be something like us, humans.

    Doesn't that comma imply that you are something other than human and are talking to humans? In which case you should be saying 'Take me to your leader' - its traditional.

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  8. Re:Seasons by flewp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then we better start welcoming our new Martian Groundhog ove-ohh fuck it.

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  9. Re:NASA slashdotted! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you alowing for the time-lag to Mars and back?

  10. Re:Quoth TFA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    After all, they are american.

  11. Re:Water on Mars by Pompatus · · Score: 4, Funny

    And how do we know that isn't the rover's transmission fluid that leaked out??

    Because Ford motor company didn't make it.

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  12. Re:One of our years, actually. by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    A martian 'year' is much longer...

    Oh, stop complaining about download times.

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  13. From everything I've seen so far.... by tdhillman · · Score: 2, Funny

    First prize: a year on Mars.

    Second Prize: two years on Mars.

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