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Mars Rover Reaches Victoria Crater

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-a-long-strange-trip-it's-been dept.

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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  1. Re:Pacifist Socialists don't make it to space ... by AHumbleOpinion · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Have you noticed that the countries with socialized medicine and minimal military are not in space, or they largely piggy back on the former?"

    Why, no, I can't say I have.

    Sorry, but Ariane's satellite launch capabilities don't count. Come back when they get into the manned spaceflight business.

  2. Re:Pacifist Socialists don't make it to space ... by AHumbleOpinion · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Have you noticed that the countries with socialized medicine and minimal military are not in space, or they largely piggy back on the former?"

    Have you noticed a rather large launch complex in South America, and space probes orbiting the Moon, Venus, and Mars? Have you even glanced at the ESA's upcoming mision roster? You'll have to to better than that if you want to troll around here.

    I guess you didn't realize I was referring to manned spaceflight. I thought "piggy backing" would have made that clear, my bad.