Curiosity shoots some new photos after a long drive.
Posted 09.14.2012 at 5:54 pm
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Roving Along
This photo was taken by Curiosity’s NAVCAM, positioned on the front of the rover. It looks out at the distance Curiosity should cover in the next few weeks.
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Mars Rover Curiosity got a move on during its 38th sol hanging out on the red planet. After taking a few more self-portraits, and testing the robotic arm the rover will use to collect samples, it set off on one of its longest drives yet.
After this sol’s 105-foot sojourn, the enterprising one-ton science lab on wheels has travelled a grand total of 466 feet since its arrival in the Gale Crater. Of course, Curiosity has journeyed even further than that. Its trip from the Earth to Mars clocked in at a whopping 350 million miles.
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As we all sit on our butts waiting for this to go operational is it ok to ask why we aren't using thorium for space traveling vehicles? Bind your fluid component with ultrasonics.
Hell, ultrasonics is the answer to atmo loss in our vehicles too.
C'mon already, git that shovel out and start plantin. What we payin you for anyway?
You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear." She placed the shell to her ear and screamed.There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is totally off topic but I had to tell someone!
Am I the only one waiting for this 1 ton monster to fall into an alien sink hole leading to the mothership, you know like heavy vehicles do all the time in movies...
Playing Devil's Advocate since 1978
"The only constant in the universe is change"
-Heraclitus of Ephesus 535 BC - 475 BC
@CZ, It is there to warn us of trouble spots, right? Lets wear that puppy out once, see if we can fly it.