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Mars Express' 2nd Boom Deployment Postponed

Posted by Hemos on Monday May 9, 2005 @04:42AM 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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fthe Martians? by AnonymousJackass · 2005-05-09 04:52 · Score: 1, Redundant

How do fthe Martians differ from regular Martians? Is "fthe" an acronym? Or the name of their splinter-group? (perhaps the Martian equivalent of Al-Qaeda?)