How To Rescue Spirit

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 29 of May , 2009 at 3:25 am

Spirit is still stuck in deep sand on Mars, and engineers at JPL aren’t yet sure what to do. Julian, age 7, had this idea:

According to JPL: “Julian’s idea to use the arm is a good start. It’s not strong enough to push the rover out but perhaps it can be used in other ways.” Way to think outside the sandbox, Julian.

[ Spirit ] VIA [ BBG ]

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