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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. Quoth TFA by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    stay tuned as the rovers welcome a brand new year on Mars.

    What does an earth year have to do with a martian year? Nothing thats what!

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    1. 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.

  2. Seasons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One of the things that impressed me most about this mission is when they had to take into account the changing seasons on Mars, and their effect on the rovers.

    We are not only on other planets, but planning for spring!

    Happy new year! (And let's hope the evaporating methane does not mess up the sensors come summer :)

  3. PBS special next Tuesday by frovingslosh · · Score: 5, Informative

    Those of us in the U.S. may be interested in the Welcome to Mars tht will be broadcast next Tuesday, January 4th, on Nova.

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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