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Wonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 08:30 PM
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Mars Rover Successfully Drills Hole Into Rock
Sat February 7, 2004 06:41 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Mars rover Spirit drilled a hole in a rock on the Red Planet, marking the robot's return to full health and the first time a rover has deliberately carved martian rock, NASA scientists said.

The rover's drill made a circular, 2.65 millimeter-deep hole in a rock nicknamed Adirondack by scientists, according to information on the mission's Web site posted late on Friday.

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=4307653
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 08:37 PM
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1. i don`t know..it looks
like the top of old beer can that has been buried in the dirt....
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glarius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 08:38 PM
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2. I'm going to tell a little Rover joke that I hope won't offend anyone
Edited on Sat Feb-07-04 08:40 PM by glarius
Do you know who Rick Mercer is?...He's a Canadian comedy actor and commentator on the CBC....The other day he said..."You can tell the Rover is American. The first thing it did when it landed on Mars was take it's own picture!".....Don't get mad...I didn't say it...Rick did!
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