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Pathfinder's rover was a toy-size machine. Barely 1 ft. high and 2 ft. long and weighing 24 lbs., 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 5 ft. tall from their wheels to the top of their camera masts, the 2003 models weigh about 400 lbs. each and should be able to cover up to 3,000 ft. in their 90 days of life--including many days they will spend standing around...
...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...
...year characterized by injuries and a failure to win important Ivy League games down the stretch, the end of the Harvard men’s soccer team’s season was beautifully ironic...
...Crimson’s hot stretch began during its first-ever appearance at the NorCal Invitational, which features 16 of the top teams in the country. There, Harvard beat UC-Santa Cruz and then-No. 19 UC-Davis to finish 13th after falling to then-No. 12 UC-Santa Barbara and then-No. 3 and eventual tournament champion...
...Down the stretch, the Crimson (22-5, 14-0 Ivy) was handcuffed by the loss of Cserny to foul trouble and the absence of sophomore guard Rochelle Bell and freshman guard Jessica Holsey to injury...