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First Pictures From Mars Phoenix Lander

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-get-digging dept.

Now that the solar panels have been deployed, the Mars Phoenix Lander has begun sending back pictures of the red planet to the hungry space geeks of earth. In just a few weeks the claw will deploy and they'll start digging a hole. The scientists expect to use the dirt to construct a little sand castle which they will defend with several GI Joe action figures, and a bald barbie stolen from their sisters. Oh, and maybe find water or bacteria.

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  1. Re:Colour Imaging? by theurge14 · · Score: 1, Troll

    They did this on Titan as well. It irritates the heck out of me when the answer is usually "it isn't scientifically relevant". Really? The whole reason we send a probe to Titan is to see what is under the clouds and we don't put an adequate visual camera on board because it isn't 'scientifically relevant'. And space-types wonder why the general public is usually apathetic towards these probe missions.