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Mars Express' 2nd Boom Deployment Postponed

Posted by Hemos on from the missives-from-the-red-planet dept.

ricshaw2k4 writes "Releasing the second MARSIS radar boom from Mars Express has been delayed after a problem with the first boom was discovered. From the BBC "Officials said 12 out of 13 segments that comprise the first boom had deployed successfully, but segment 10 was not fully locked into place." Lets just hope segment 10 wasn't eaten by the Martians!"

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  1. Re:Marvin the Martian did it!!!! by superstick58 · · Score: 1, Informative

    No no no. He used the Illudium Q-38 Explosive Space Modulator. Forget Acme, forget the mars probe, this one took 2 thousand years of research.