Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
Mars rover dips over crater edge
invictus
follow
15
9-12-2007 8:45 AM
582 views
tags:
space
,
nasa
,
mars missions
,
mars rover
,
science
1 Comment
|
Add a Comment
9-15-2007
3:26 PM
constantskeptic
it backed up because it saw aliens down in the center of the crater...
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
idiot of the week
ScienceDebate 2008: Let The Answers Flow
Solar sail gets another chance for launch
Hubble Does Independence Day With Stars an...
Using Causality to Solve the Puzzle of Qua...
Asteroid Impacts On Earth: A Protection Plan
Solar System Dented, Not Round
More clips from
invictus
"Exploding Asteroid" Theory Strengthened B...
China Earthquake was "Rare And Unexpected"
Solar system a bit squashed, not nicely round
Today's Top Clips
Intuition can be explained
Torture and Imprisonment of Children
Japan Creates Mega Solar City -Leads World
Stem Cells 2.0: Scientists Make Revolutionary Advance
A Giant Solar Tower Could Power the Future
Species Extinction Threat Underestimated Due To Miscalculation
How Do You Hide An Elephant Contest
&Why people believe Americans are Stupid&
Unintelligent Design
Ten Reasons that Thinking Americans Love Their Country
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
September 12, 2007
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4c5a84de-5eb4-4419-8aa2-8ebbe3c8300d/D89C379C-B13A-47D9-BF57-1C9AE70FC048/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6990813.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6990813.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6990813.stm"><FONT size="2"> <TABLE width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV> <IMG width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="210" border="0" alt="Rover tracks (Nasa/JPL-Caltech)" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44111000/jpg/_44111319_tracks_nasa_203.jpg" /> <DIV class="cap">Opportunity looks back at the tracks it created with its "toe dip"</DIV> </DIV> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>Nasa's Mars rover Opportunity has begun its assault on Victoria Crater.</B> </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6990813.stm"><FONT size="2">The vehicle drove just far enough to get all six wheels past the bowl's rim, and then backed up three metres (10ft). </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6990813.stm"><FONT size="2">Data returned to Earth will help engineers assess how much grip the robot will have when it makes its full descent into the impact crater. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6990813.stm"><FONT size="2">The 60m-deep (200ft) depression has exposed faces of layered rock that could shed significant new light on the Red Planet's geological past. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6990813.stm"><FONT size="2">Victoria Crater is about five times wider than Endurance Crater, which Opportunity spent six months exploring in 2004, and about 40 times wider than Eagle Crater, where the rover first landed. </FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D89C379C-B13A-47D9-BF57-1C9AE70FC048/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK