Exciting Time to be in Space
Within two days, two interesting things are happening in space. First, the Stardust mission will be passing the comet Wild 2 to pick up some sample o comet dust to bring back to Earth. That is just to cool. And second, the first Mars Exploration Rover will land on the fourth, hopefully doing better than the beagle. Fortunately there is another on the way though, just in case. These rovers can drive hundreds of yards per day, instead of a few feet as with the last rover that went to Mars. That rover, Sojourner, captured the American imagination with its limited capabilities. Hopefully these two will be able to do the same with even more capability. In any case, the pictures should be just amazing. Assuming that it works at all.
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