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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:

Spirit

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 ]

Comments (3)

Category: Space

3 Comments

Comment by Joey1058

Made Monday, 1 of June , 2009 at 3:13 am

Sounds like a good idea to me!

Comment by quantum_flux

Made Thursday, 28 of October , 2010 at 2:02 am

That’s just like when people forget that that their heads also count as appendages.

Comment by myślistwo

Made Friday, 11 of November , 2011 at 10:22 am

excellent post, very informative. I wonder why the other specialists of this sector do not notice this. You should continue your writing. I’m confident, you have a great readers’ base already!

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