According to the article, its been a year since the world exploded! Perhaps that explains all the meteors.

OK... I'd done these a loooong time ago, just post-EDL. And they're not dirt writings but thought I'd pass them along anyway.

Also... http://ca.geocities.com/voracs/mer/

Graham

To add another metaphor, perhaps...

"When Opportunity got stuck, they dug in and plowed on."
("...plowed forward"? - nahhh)

Looong time lurker... first time poster (just registered... finally!). I'm 42, a lab technologist living in Vancouver, BC, CA. I've been perusing this board since finding it through #maestro on IRC, during those heady days of EDL. It's been an absolute delight to follow the subsequent happenings here. Big compliments to the frequent posters, forum leads and, of course Doug, for assembling such a fine place to keep up to date.

I've been a space enthusiast for as long as I can remember, early interest being fostered by the occasional space article in National Geographic. I couldn't wait for the next issue to come through the mail slot to see if there was an update on Voyager or some new story/pics from Apollo. What a difference the internet has made for the immediacy of information available. I recall during pathfinder/sojourner that I was keeping tabs on its status through the web at the same time as watching the live news conference on CNN. The first images were available on my monitor before they were even shown to the media! It's still fascinating to watch how some theories are hashed out here before their "official" release.

Keep up the good work.