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Old 2012-08-19, 02:17   #67
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Isn't that reminiscent of what the Earth-rovers sent from Mars in War of the Worlds did once they got going?
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Old 2012-08-20, 16:39   #68
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Isn't that reminiscent of what the Earth-rovers sent from Mars in War of the Worlds did once they got going?
Read the increasingly desperate tweets of Martian rock N165 as it is zapped by Curiosity
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Old 2012-08-22, 18:54   #69
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The world would be such a dull place without people who have "too much time on their hands", such as the pranksters who came up with this one. :)
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Old 2012-08-24, 18:44   #70
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This video literally brought tears to my eyes...

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/...index.cfm?v=81
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This video literally brought tears to my eyes...

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/...index.cfm?v=81
I saved the 100+MB version of that.
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