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Mars Rover Upgraded
MrShaggy writes "According to a BBC article, NASA is upgrading their MARS rovers. The upgrade will allow the rovers to sift through the pictures of dust-devils, decide which is the most appropriate, send it
back. 'Clouds typically occur in 8-20% of the data collected right now,' Castano said. 'If we could look for a much more extended time and select only those images with clouds then we could increase our understanding of how and when these phenomena form. Similarly with the dust devils.' The article also discusses upgrades to the Mars Odyssey. They plan to make it self-reacting to events on the planet as they are happening."
Argument Ad Crumenam.
Could you please speak in a language that's not dead yet.
A $20 million Formula One car, for instance, has a functional halflife of about 4 hours, because it is designed that way, much of that $20 million being spent to effectively shorten it's halflife compared to a street car.
They've sent a Formula One car over there?
You'll probably notice an F1 car returns its investment by braking down from excessive speeds.
Could you say the same for a Mars Rover?
Not that I can't imagine people being entertained from videos of the rover driving 200miles/hour through the Mars craters, but come on...
Could you please speak in a language that's not dead yet.
I'm sorry, but English actually is my first language. Since I am aware that the average person these days cannot be bothered to look up things they do not understand (you'll find the phrase in any decent English language encyclopedia. Or even Wikipedia) I did, however, include an idiomatic translation into modern American. I cannot help it if the modern American mind is incapable of grasping the concept that price does not equal quality/correctness.
Re the rest of your post:
Joshua the savior who will come, WTF?
KFG