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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. fthe Martians? by AnonymousJackass · · 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?)

  2. Martian Air Force by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Once again, the Martian Air Force succeeds in foiling the Terran's dastardly plan to gain intelligence about Mars so that one day we can build Starbucks and McDonalds on it.

  3. boom? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    But where was the boom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering boom!!

  4. Marvin the Martian by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Where's the ka-boom? There was supposed to be an EARTH-shattering KA-BOOM?