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more about #marsrover more comments → frigg: Mars' Earth Rover Tested in Britain. Earth's British Rover Tested on Mars. Three locations in one title makes me dizzy. :P more » reddingofish: I don't think the laptops on top would last through a Martian dust storm. more » TryAgain: Is this test site some sort of quarry in the Uk. If so it would be ironic as these often feature as another planet on Dr Who and other low budget UK S... more » Nick: promises to one-up that of the US-based rovers so, they're launching a decade later and the most they can do is "one" up? weak. more » gadam07: Did they really say communications would take "at least 20 minutes" to reach the rover? I'm pretty sure it's the other way around, and they'll take a... more » phunnyballs: hopefully it is better than the US's since this is coming in at 14 years later. more » valkilmerisawful: Haha, FPS mars map. It's actually just a 15' x 15' flat arena with no obstacles or anything to hide behind. The map's challenge is that there is a r... more » jdale: "one scientist compared to Google street view." I hope they're planning to observe appropriate privacy precautions, such as pixelating the faces of M... more » Fine Corinthian Leather Is Mandatory: Why is NASA wasting a shit load of money on motherfucking Mars? more » Monty: I hope he includes a "kinetic art" trilobot swatter as an accessory. more » sir_pantsalot: You guys call this guy a kook but scientists have used less evidence than this to come up with some of their THEORIES of evolution. more » ThisIsSharksTerritory: wait so exactly what other creatures was this martian eating? more » shiftyeyedgoat: More proof that the plot of Indiana Jones 4 was not as ridiculously asinine as many originally thought. more » Kaiser-Machead: Confirmed by Doctor Bonkers... Based on further photographic examination of the specimen, we've determined it to be a scaly monkey-like creature, whic... more » 92BuickLeSabre: "The back of the Martian's head appears to have a flat or stone-like shape, like a flat rock or stone. This likely enabled the Martian to camouflage ... more » -
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Britain's Mars Rover Tested on Earth
Europe plans to launch its own rover to Mars in 2018. Here we see the Britain-built "Bridget" driving around some hole in the ground that sort of looks like Mars. More » -
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Meet Trilobot, the Mars Spirit's Long Lost, Endearingly Stupid Third Cousin
Just seeing the serious-looking picture above, you'd be forgiven for thinking the solar-powered Trilobot had crawled out of some Caltech basement lab, or shared a desert proving ground with a certain recently-immobilized Martian rover. Nope! It's art. Goofy art. More » -
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Alien Skull Discovered in NASA Mars Photograph, Dr. Bonkers Says
This NASA image—recently taken by Mars Rover Spirit—shows the 5.9-inch skull of a Martian, with binocular eyes 2 inches apart, 1400 cc cranial capacity, and "most likely a carnivore." At least, according to a loony. More »
