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Top Ten Discoveries of the Mars Rovers

Posted by Zonk on from the martian-winters-are-nippy dept.

eldavojohn writes "Space.com brings us the top ten discoveries of the Martian rovers that landed there in 2004. They were expected to last three months but, as Slashdot has covered time and time again, they have lasted over three years. From minor discoveries about the formation of Mars to images of atmospheric phenomena, to final and definitive proof of a Mars with water, these two robots have definitely reserved themselves a place in the history books. Pending a dust storm, they may not even be done with their mission yet."

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  1. In light of recent news this reads like... by denttford · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obits for Nerds. Robots that mattered.

    Seriously, no band survives the greatest hits album.

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  2. Too bad #1 couldn't have been.... by imperious_rex · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dejah Thoris

  3. Re:top 10 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ooohhh...I see sombody hasn't gotten laid recently.

  4. Missing from the list... by ZiggyStardust1984 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Decepticons!

    1. Re:Missing from the list... by Hawthorne01 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Also missing.

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  5. Re:sigh... by macshit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not to mention that the robots are cute, and they clank, whereas the humans are odoriferous bags of meat.

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  6. Discovery #11 by DynaSoar · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you need a good way to stick a CD to your dashboard, sandwich it between Legos.

    http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/2/n/001/2N1 26468357EDN0000P1502L0M1.JPG

    Do a blow up on the circular object on the panel, left and down from center.

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  7. ASCII Version of list by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    10 - O crater
    9 - .../ \... volcanic
    8 - ...*... meteor
    7 - ~~~ stink
    6 - A..B..C three eras
    5 - ...//... dust devils
    4 - [ . ] Earth from mars
    3 - o@o clouds
    2 - ~!~ atmospheric profile
    1 - H2O water history

    I think the 2 neatests things from a spectator's viewpoint were the dust devil movies and the spherical blueberries. Burn's Cliff was also cool.

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  8. The last mission of the rovers... by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...should be to hunt down and kill whoever laid out that page for space.com.

    Putting the article text in a six line scroll box while 95% of the page is ads or blank should be an offense punishable by being skinned alive.

  9. Re:sigh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not to mention the rovers really hate it when you anthropomorphize them...