Mars Rover landing 05:24 GMT, Mon 06:24 BST; 22:24 PDT Sun
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Apparently the Rover is suitably equipped http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20094052#next Quite a nice layman's guide to the Rover, it's abilities and projects. Martin
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Thats neat love doris
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martinput:
Apparently the Rover is suitably equipped http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20094052#next Quite a nice layman's guide to the Rover, it's abilities and projects. Martin
A lot of time, effort and testing had to go into that .... good to see it working
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That's the best overall description of it's abilities and duties I've seen yet. Amazing how humankind's collective education has grown!
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Did they name it Rover for the game, red rover?
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al Sabah:
Did they name it Rover for the game, red rover?
A rover is a person or thing that moves and wanders around instead of remaining stationary. Considering Mars is generally reddish in color, calling these wheeled Mars probes Red Rovers for that reason, would be somewhat applicable.
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martinput:
This video suggests they captured a plume of dust caused by the impact of the sky crane on the surface of Mars:
As a side note: The worst thing about watching informative/interesting videos on youtube is the ridiculously mean and tasteless comments underneath.