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Spirit Stuck In Soft Soil On Mars

Posted by timothy on from the it's-covered-in-jam dept.

cheros writes "NASA reports that the Spirit Mars lander is presently stuck in soft soil. The lander's wheels are halfway sunk into the soil and they are planning simulation tests to see if they can get it out again. I hope they can get it out of there because it's picking up enough new energy to operate; however, it only has 5 wheels left to get around on — one of the wheels hasn't been working for years. Fingers crossed."

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  1. Re:Call a tow truck by Sentax · · Score: 5, Funny

    With the lack of spirit, there won't be much opportunity.

  2. There is precedent by edremy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Grumman billed North American Aerospace for towing the crippled Apollo 13 command module back from the moon. Make it worth enough and I'm sure someone will be up there shortly

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  3. Re:Call a tow truck by Onyma · · Score: 5, Funny

    So pretty much a normal road side assistance response time then.

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