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Mars Rover Opportunity Still Stuck In a Dune

Posted by Zonk on from the lonely-little-guy dept.

Maddog Batty writes "The mars rover Opportunity, which has been stuck in a sand dune since the end of April, is still going nowhere after wheel spinning attempts were made to free the probe. It did manage to move a very short distance as can be seen in the difference between these two images. Before this attempt the NASA JPL team were playing in their own sandpit trying to replicate the conditions on Mars. (older coverage)"

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  1. uhhh. by mike518 · · Score: 0, Troll

    so when are we sending humans to Mars again Mr. Bush?

    Seeing as how we cant perfect getting a rover on the planet, im assuming this Dubya initiative has been scrapped?

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