Mark Rushford » Mars http://www.markrushford.net Random acts of babble Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:59:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 The first images from Mars…. http://www.markrushford.net/2008/05/25/the-first-images-from-mars/ http://www.markrushford.net/2008/05/25/the-first-images-from-mars/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 01:10:55 +0000 Mark Rushford http://www.markrushford.net/?p=21 Images are now being beamed to us directly from the surface of Mars… and I think you’ll agree they are fascinating.

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]]> http://www.markrushford.net/2008/05/25/the-first-images-from-mars/feed/ 0 Cold, Red, Dusty… http://www.markrushford.net/2008/05/23/cold-red-dusty/ http://www.markrushford.net/2008/05/23/cold-red-dusty/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 05:00:36 +0000 Mark Rushford http://www.markrushford.net/?p=13

“After traveling 422 million miles since its launching last Aug. 4, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander is aiming for a touchdown on Sunday in the unexplored northern regions of Mars. But first, it must survive what its developers call the final “seven minutes of terror” to reach the surface…”

And then it must fend off the sentient dervishes and machine-eating ape devils!

More here. Just… not about the dervishes and ape devils (sadly).

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