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Mars Rovers Have Incorrect Instruments Installed

Posted by Zonk on from the maybe-they-should-have-given-them-different-paint-jobs dept.

Christopher Reimer writes "The New Scientist is reporting that the twin Mars rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, has instruments installed in the wrong rovers. From the article: 'While the bungle does not undermine the main scientific conclusions drawn from the data collected by the rovers, it is an embarrassing slip-up for a space agency that once lost a Mars spacecraft because engineers mixed up metric and imperial units.'"

3 of 294 comments (clear)

  1. Grammar? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do they even read what they write? has, not have?

  2. Re:No big deal... by man_ls · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If I had mod points, you'd get every single one of them:

    "one rover was supposed to have a camera and the other some kind of gas meter"

    my friend who is by my side just looked at me like she thinks I'm insane for laughing out loud so much.

  3. Re:Nothing to see here... by ltbarcly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That fat slut Tasha Yar.