Phoenix Mars Lander Updates

spandex_panda writes "There are a few pictures of the Mars Lander on the ground — you can see its parachute and its heat shield a few kilometers away, too. There's a very cool looking picture of it floating down, actually captured while it's in the air with its parachute out!" We also have a YouTube video all about the robot arm that will dig down and probably find a groundhog who we all hope will see his shadow.

Comments

Re:One thing that bothers me

[Anonymous Coward]

Perhaps in a lot of missions, you'd be right on. This one in particular, however, involves digging beneath the top dirt to get at the "permafrost" ice beneath, which is at an unknown (though thought to be small, like a few inches to a foot) depth.

Blowing away the top layer of dust may have helped.

Re:This might be a dumb question...

[smooth wombat]

Maybe, though it would be nice if Taco and Company would add another option. Something along the lines of Stupid, Idiot, Moron or You've Got to be Kidding!