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...June 8, and Wednesday, June 25, that are likely to generate the most buzz--and not just because NASA has had 45 years to master the media spin cycle. What will make these expeditions stand out is that each will set loose on the Martian surface a remote-controlled rover even smarter and more photogenic than the miniature robot that captured the world's attention during the Pathfinder mission...
...June 8, and Wednesday, June 25, that are likely to generate the most buzz - and not just because NASA has had 45 years to master the media spin cycle. What will make these expeditions stand out is that each will set loose on the Martian surface a remote-controlled rover even smarter and more photogenic than the miniature robot that captured the world's attention during the Pathfinder mission...
...Pathfinder's rover was a toy-size machine. Barely 30 cm high and 60 cm long and weighing just under 11 kg, it operated for three months and in all that time toddled across a stretch of Martian terrain little bigger than a football field. The new rovers are much closer to true space cars. Measuring 1.5 m tall from their wheels to the top of their camera masts, the 2003 models weigh about 180 kg each and should be able to cover up to 915 m in their 90 days of life - including many days they will spend standing...
...wife when she became pregnant. "I'm only left to question what else he may be hiding," said Laci's brother Brent Rocha. "Because we have so many questions that he has not answered, I am no longer supporting him." The estrangement deepened when Scott sold Laci's Land Rover and considered selling their house...
...electricity and phones makes Mongolia a challenge, but that's part of the attraction. A growing number of outfitters supply amenities that range from adequate to near opulent for adventures like hiking and fly-fishing in the Altai Mountains, traversing the moonscape of the Gobi Desert by Range Rover and exploring the Flaming Cliffs, one of the world's premier dinosaur-fossil sites, in the company of a paleontologist...