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Mars Rover Stuck in a Dune

Posted by Zonk on from the get-out-and-push dept.

Bamfarooni writes "The NASA Mars rover Opportunity has gotten stuck in a dune, buried up to the hubs of the wheels. While they haven't given up yet, it doesn't look good for the little guy who's now 359 days into the extended mission." From the article: "The Mars machinery had been cruising southward across the open parking lot-like landscape of Meridiani Planum, full of larger and larger ripples of soil. Opportunity has been en route to its next stopover, Erebus crater, nestled inside an even larger crater known as Terra Nova."

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  1. They found a fix by i41Overlord · · Score: 0, Redundant

    One of the NASA engineers is going to use his AAA card and tell the tow truck driver that it's his rover.

    AAA is going to get shafted on this one, but problem solved.

  2. Dune? by InsaneCreator · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Watch out for those sand worms!

  3. Three letters: by operagost · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Triple-A.

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  4. Re:Humor? by tompaulco · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Come on. Give NASA a break. Who would have figured there would be SAND on MARS?

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