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Mars Rover Finds Unusual Rocks at 'Home Plate'

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the get-the-umpire-a-new-telescope dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After several months of driving nearly a kilometer, the Mars Rover Spirit has reached the semicircular plateau dubbed 'Home Plate' in Gusev Crater and has unearthed a puzzle. Spirit first got a good view of Home Plate in late August from 'Husband Hill'. The layered appearance is unlike anything yet seen by the rovers."

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  1. Re:Late Breaking News: by WidescreenFreak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In fairness, that also decribes the person that he's (poorly) mocking. TMM for some reason seems to have some narcissitic need to get first post on a significant quantity of Slashdot's articles every weekday. Yet a detractor posts a single, criticizing post and is told that he needs a life. Slight contradiction there, don't you think?

    Yes, yes, it's off topic. I have karma to burn. But just because this view might be unpopular doesn't mean that it's not correct. Then again, this *is* Slashdot.

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