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Mars lander gets digging practice

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orby1976

posted on Jun, 4 2008 @ 02:21 PM
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Mars lander gets digging practice


news.bbc.co.uk

The US space agency's new robotic craft on Mars has been commanded to carry out a second practice dig before beginning its real work.

Controllers want another test run to perfect their technique before Phoenix begins excavating Martian soil for scientific purposes.
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orby1976

posted on Jun, 4 2008 @ 02:21 PM
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Want to practise!!! thought all this would have been done prior to sending millions of dollars of equipment to Mars.

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