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Mars Rover Encounters Dune
JPL Rover website ^ | 29 April 2005 | NASA photo

Posted on 04/29/2005 2:18:48 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo

Mars Rover Opportunity Raw Image site.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dune; mars; nasa; opportunity
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Where's a shovel and a strip of carpet when you need them?
1 posted on 04/29/2005 2:18:50 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Fitzcarraldo
Ruh-roh...

Is they stuck?

2 posted on 04/29/2005 2:20:23 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Never underestimate the will of the downtrodden to lie flatter.)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

that thing is STILL working?!


3 posted on 04/29/2005 2:20:45 PM PDT by d-informed-1
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Opportunity Mars Rover Stuck in Sand
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/050428_rover_update.html


4 posted on 04/29/2005 2:21:09 PM PDT by cabojoe
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Neat. Doesn't look real. lol


5 posted on 04/29/2005 2:21:20 PM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
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To: Fitzcarraldo
Floor it.

(steely)

6 posted on 04/29/2005 2:21:27 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Fortunately, the Bill of Rights doesn't include the word 'is'.)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

I don't think it's stuck. I wanna see the picture of it doing a wheelie off the top of the dune!


7 posted on 04/29/2005 2:22:10 PM PDT by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: Fitzcarraldo
The Mars Dune buggy.
8 posted on 04/29/2005 2:22:54 PM PDT by demlosers (Rumsfeld: "We don't have an exit strategy, we have a victory strategy.'')
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Well, look at the bright side here, at least there wasn't a welcome to the United States of Mexico sign in the picture!

That landscape looks as vacant as the direction of the Democrat party.


9 posted on 04/29/2005 2:23:01 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Oh I was hoping for a picture of a giant worm.


10 posted on 04/29/2005 2:23:50 PM PDT by Bacon Man (I wanna live to see how global warming turns out. I have an inside tip it's all a load of crap.)
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To: d-informed-1
that thing is STILL working?!

Both of them are still working ... and a couple of weeks ago NASA extended their operational mission into mid-2006. Not bad for a couple of pieces of equipment that were designed to last for 90 days!

11 posted on 04/29/2005 2:25:00 PM PDT by StevieB
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To: Steely Tom

no, don't floor it. rock it back and forth!


12 posted on 04/29/2005 2:25:02 PM PDT by d-informed-1
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To: Fitzcarraldo

I think I see the crushed nest of sea bird in the tracks. There'll be some hefty fines for that one.


13 posted on 04/29/2005 2:25:03 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: d-informed-1

That thing is the Energizer Bunny of space probes.


14 posted on 04/29/2005 2:25:04 PM PDT by Bacon Man (I wanna live to see how global warming turns out. I have an inside tip it's all a load of crap.)
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To: Fitzcarraldo
I was expecting one of these:


15 posted on 04/29/2005 2:25:40 PM PDT by siunevada
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Worm-sign?

!Quick! Start the thumper!

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

16 posted on 04/29/2005 2:26:24 PM PDT by mhking ("Today, we're gonna do things the RIGHT way...")
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Drive that thing faster! I want to see it get some air!


17 posted on 04/29/2005 2:26:33 PM PDT by REDWOOD99
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To: demlosers
Shoulda sent this:


18 posted on 04/29/2005 2:27:11 PM PDT by billybudd
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To: Bacon Man
With a spice girl who has blue eyes?
19 posted on 04/29/2005 2:27:31 PM PDT by dts32041 (Two words that shouldn't be used in the same sentence Grizzly bear and violate.)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

I sure hope they submitted an environmental impact study on this before the fact...


20 posted on 04/29/2005 2:28:32 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
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