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Mars Polar Lander Lost Again
IZ Reloaded writes "The Mars Global Surveyor during one of its latest scans of the area where the Mars Polar Lander was originally spotted, discovers that the spacecraft is no longer there! Space.com reports, "We conclude that our interpretation of these features was in error. This is not the location of the Mars Polar Lander. Because the landing uncertainty ellipse is so much larger than our images, and we do not have another candidate to which to target...we cannot continue to hunt for the lander," the MSSS site explains."
in the movie where you cue the scary music?
Ahhh... and then you exchange meaningful glances with your colleage, who could have put herself and the rest of her department through grad school with the fees she earned modelling brassieres in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and incidentally is the only other person on Earth who grasps the implications of what you've just seen.
I know the feeling well.
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also Big Ad
wanna move in? i think i love you.
That's one of the better adaptations though.
We could probably hook him up to a dynamo and solve the world's energy problems after the Tom Cruise one.
Beats the crappy series. That really was disgraceful.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire