Stuck, All six wheels in deep |
Stuck, All six wheels in deep |
Apr 29 2005, 02:44 AM
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I just read on SPACE.com that Oppy managed to get all six wheels stuck deep in a sand ripple.
From the picture http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imaged...t%3A+NASA%2FJPL the sand looks very fine grained, maybe a tad powdery. Squyers is optimistic they'll get out, but it seems they'll have to do some rocking back and forth with prayers that they don't get in deeper. The taller ripples and the different textured sand is curious; any ideas out there as to why it gets that way farther south from the landing site? I don't mean to be a cynic, but perhaps Oppy won't die of her own natural causes; maybe Mars, the god of war, has found prey.... |
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