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140 million miles is a long way to go.
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I watched it live, damn impressive. It even has a drone like thing they are going to try flying to get more images and they are going to try producing oxygen from the CO2 in the atmosphere.
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Amazing technology to actually be able to land that thing on Mars and have it collect samples of that planet. Impressive stuff.
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| FernieBee wrote: | | 140 million miles is a long way to go. |
They’re almost in old Toyota pickup territory.
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I'm with Rachael Maddow. Rachael Maddow: We Can Land A Rover On Mars, But We Can’t Keep The Lights And Water On In Texas. Someone tweeted. Scientists are in charge of Mars, Republicans are in charge of Texas.
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From elsewhere:
Mars is the only known planet solely inhabited by robots.
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| DaMuleRules wrote: | From elsewhere:
Mars is the only known planet solely inhabited by robots. |
That we KNOW of...I've seen those old Star Trek shows, the native inhabitants might be living far beneath the Martian surface, just waiting to kill some anonymous ensign in a red shirt.
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