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Posted by michael on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:12PM from the dust-in-the-wind dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A prototype Mars rover, the Tumbleweed, has completed its 40 mile trek across the Antarctic, driven only by winds even in rough terrain over eight days. While the current rovers are designed for flat, equatorial regions, the tumbleweed design is geared to cover longer distances across what many consider the more interesting and dangerous polar regions on Mars."

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Spaceballs!?! (Score:5, Funny)

by Skyshadow ( 508 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:14PM (#8477794) Homepage

Oh shit, there goes the planet.
(dives for cover)

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next up... (Score:5, Funny)

by glen604 ( 750214 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:15PM (#8477805)

Rover Bowling!

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I expected to see some kind of rover but... (Score:3, Funny)

by newsdee ( 629448 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:16PM (#8477821) Homepage Journal

...a beachball?

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What about... (Score:2, Funny)

by WwWonka ( 545303 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:18PM (#8477846)

...a rover to probe the deep crevices of Uranus?

Sorry, had too. :-)

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Tumbleweeds (Score:2, Funny)

by onyxruby ( 118189 ) * writes: <onyxrubyNO@SPAMcomcast.net> on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:21PM (#8477875)

Why tumbleweeds? Next thing you know there are going to be giant beachball tumbleweeds by the thousands infesting that desert we call Mars. They'll be everywhere and future generations will have to see them in bad movies.

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MOD PARENT UP (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:24PM (#8477908)

+ "Number Six"

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Re:next up... (Score:5, Funny)

by holizz ( 737615 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:27PM (#8477932) Homepage

Super Martian Ball!

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Re:Who is number one? (Score:3, Funny)

by FarmerDave ( 739062 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:31PM (#8477961)

I am not a number, I am a FREE MARTIAN!

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Re:Spaceballs!?! (Score:2, Funny)

by ackthpt ( 218170 ) * writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:31PM (#8477964) Homepage Journal

Oh shit, there goes the planet.

(dives for cover)
Maybe they could put retired general Schwartzkopf in charge of the mission.
"Thank you for pressing the Self Destruct Button."

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We have good and bad news : (Score:5, Funny)

by 88NoSoup4U88 ( 721233 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:35PM (#8478002)

The good news is : There -IS- life on Mars !
...The bad news is : Our gigantic soccerball just crushed it.

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Vibrapee announced!!! (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:36PM (#8478016)

An anonymous whore writes "A prototype anal dildo, the Vibrapee, has completed its 40 centimeter trek into the anus, driven only by vibrations even in rough terrain over eight days. While the current dildos are designed for creviced, vaginal regions, the Vibrapee design is geared to cover longer distances across what many consider the more interesting and dangerous hairy regions in the anus."

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Re:I expected to see some kind of rover but... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:38PM (#8478032)

"Dark Star" came to mind...

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Re:Pelt the planet with these things... (Score:3, Funny)

by Doesn't_Comment_Code ( 692510 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:44PM (#8478085)

I keep seeing images of naughty little martian children running around with pins popping these like bubble wrap.

BAP

Aeriouloo: I'm telling Dad! He said not to pop any more of those. You are SO goona get grounded.

Eiixpi: Don't be a tattle tail. I don't see why we can't pop 'em anyway.

Aeriouloo: Dad says if all their rovers pop, the earth people might figure out we're here and try to collonize us.

Eiixpi: What's he afraid of? They can't be that dangerous. Look at their rovers...

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Mc Donald wrapper (Score:5, Funny)

by AtariAmarok ( 451306 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:44PM (#8478091)

I vote for the rover in the form of a McDonald's cheeseburger wrapper. This will blow around across half the planet (at least until Val Kilmer's robot dog finds it and eats it)

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Re:Astrobiology Magazine Gets its math wrong (Score:1, Funny)

by kguilber ( 586327 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:48PM (#8478134)

warning: objects travel faster in metric.

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This looks like a good idea. . . (Score:4, Funny)

by twbecker ( 315312 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @03:59PM (#8478248)

but can a hamster really survive on Mars?

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Re:Astrobiology Magazine Gets its math wrong (Score:4, Funny)

by CanSpice ( 300894 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @04:01PM (#8478284) Homepage

The dreaded Mars Metric Conversion Curse rears its ugly head again.

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You think their great now... (Score:3, Funny)

by plopez ( 54068 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @04:19PM (#8478503) Journal

But wait until you have one of those nasties chasing you down a beach and dragging you back to 'The Village'. If I had a dollar for everytime that happened to me....

Get me off of this island!

Yours Truly,
No. 6

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Re:Hold on a second... (Score:2, Funny)

by p3d0 ( 42270 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @04:26PM (#8478593)

Shit, they probably never thought of that.

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Re:Astrobiology Magazine Gets its math wrong (Score:3, Funny)

by Tassach ( 137772 ) writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @04:45PM (#8478809)

No, no, no.... you've got it all wrong... they're using CANADIAN kilometers, which as we all know are only 2/3 the size of a regular kilometer :-)

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oh, the name... (Score:3, Funny)

by Tumbleweed ( 3706 ) * writes: on Friday March 05, 2004 @08:24PM (#8481033)

I predict many fruitless searches hitting my website. :)

Sorry in advance, folks.

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