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Wednesday, 9 July 2014
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quote [ "They are taking damage. That's the surprise we got back at the end of last year," said Jim Erickson, Curiosity project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. "We always expected we would get some holes in the wheels as we drove. It's just the magnitude of what we're seeing that was the surprise." ]
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Dumbledorito said @ 6:41pm GMT on 9th Jul
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I would've found a way to get AAA Roadside Assistance on the rover, just so I could make the call and record the ensuing hilarity for posterity. I'd have my fellow NASA buddies ready to greet the AAA technician with a space suit and stick him in a launch simulator until he finally balked.
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lilmookieesquire said @ 9:02pm GMT on 9th Jul
I'd sign up to be an AAA technician if I could go to Mars and come back (alive)
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HoZay said @ 7:09pm GMT on 9th Jul
Hope they're designing repair-bots to send in a future mission.
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GordonGuano said @ 7:14pm GMT on 9th Jul
Who repairs the repair-bots?
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Ankylosaur said @ 11:45pm GMT on 9th Jul
Alan Moore-bot.
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Dumbledorito said @ 3:18am GMT on 10th Jul
No, they'll be sending up some guys with the plinth and Carl Sagan plaque, like they're supposed to:
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HoZay said @ 7:19pm GMT on 9th Jul
One of the other bots. It's a team thing.
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HoZay said @ 7:20pm GMT on 9th Jul
supposed to be reply to Gordon
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