Mars Rover Reaches Victoria Crater

gevmage writes, "CNN reports that the 'Opportunity' rover on Mars has reached the Victoria crater. The rovers Spirit and Opportunity arrived on Mars three years ago with planned mission lifetime of 90 days. The rover Spirit is wounded, having only 5 of 6 wheels functioning, and so it's moving quite slowly. However, Opportunity is still going strong and has been trucking towards the massive crater Victoria for almost the past year. Scientists have been hoping that Opportunity would get there so they can have a look at geologically older areas — and it's finally made it!" See the NASA press release for links to photos of the Victoria crater.

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Re:Events such as this restore my faith in Humanit

[AdmiralWeirdbeard]

...but how does nasa protect Freedom?

Re:Events such as this restore my faith in Humanit

[robophobe]

I know... Let's stop funding the federal government with income tax altogether and then I get to keep MY money. There seems to be this weird idea these days, that somehow this is the government's money and that they give US tax cuts. No, it's mine. The government takes it from us, folks, sometimes by force. Voluntary tax system my ass! It really seems crazy to me that the same people who cry about how horrible the government is, are the same ones who insist on encouraging its growth by demanding that we give it more money to waste. If that's not stupidity, then I don't know what is.

No federal income tax.(I'm just slightly less opposed to state income tax, because I at least have a tiny bit more say at the state level and if Im really pissed, I can just move away from that state) That way, if I want to fund private space ventures, then I can voluntarily do so. By the way, I like tax cuts (the Bush tax cuts did benefit me) and I'm not rich.
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