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Posted by: guest5
« on: March 18, 2020, 03:12:51 pm »

I also don't believe for a minute . . .
Posted by: Wingsprint
« on: March 18, 2020, 03:02:59 pm »

NASA fixes Mars rover by telling it to hit itself with a shovel…

https://www.popsci.com/story/space/mars-mole-plan-c/

Despite the lander’s successes, however, one gauge has met with resistance from the Martian environment while trying to carry out its mission. Something has stopped InSight’s 15-inch digging probe, dubbed “the mole” for its burrowing prowess. Instead of diving deep into the Martian sand where it could take the planet’s temperature, it’s been stuck half-buried. An intercontinental team of MacGyvers has spent a year devising successively daring plans to get the mole digging again, but still it flounders on the surface. Now their final gambit—directly pushing the mole into the soil—has shown tentative signs of success, NASA announced Friday on Twitter.

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I don't believe for a minute.....