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coondoggie writes “NASA’s long-running Mars corsair Spirit is stranded in a silt trap — a incident the space group would similar to to fix. Yesterday NASA pronounced it will proceed what it called the prolonged routine of extricating Spirit by promulgation commands which could free the rover. Spirit has been stranded in a place NASA calls ‘Troy’ given Apr 23, when the rover’s wheels pennyless by a membrane on the aspect which was covering bright-toned, sleazy silt underneath. After a couple of expostulate attempts to get Spirit out in the successive days, it began falling deeper in the silt trap. Driving was dangling to concede time for tests and reviews of probable shun strategies, NASA stated.” Read some-more of this story at Slashdot.

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