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- jflowers45, on 06/04/2008, -3/+27does it digg too?
- MacBookForMe, on 06/04/2008, -1/+13And bury, as well
- inactive, on 06/05/2008, -0/+9"The team felt they weren't really comfortable yet with the digging and dumping process," said the mission's chief scientist, Peter Smith, from the University of Arizona, Tucson.
"They haven't really mastered it."
How many hundreds of millions of dollars later did they realize that no one practiced how to use the thing? - DeskFlyer, on 06/05/2008, -2/+8It's been a member since 2004: http://digg.com/users/phoenix
- ArchangelZLT, on 06/05/2008, -0/+4Dugg for digging.
- dasdef, on 06/05/2008, -1/+4you cant rush these things man
- searcade, on 06/05/2008, -0/+2Yes it also uses http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix
- idavidtang, on 06/05/2008, -0/+2I hope that's enough practice for its real work of digging for oil.
- inactive, on 06/05/2008, -0/+2I guess it's a + they admitted it instead of just blindly pressing on and losing a multi million dollar satellite somewhere by Mars because someone didn't know their metric units.
- glory, on 06/05/2008, -0/+2Utahnkid, that's right. You think they would practice digging with the machine on earth before shooting it to Mars. No, let's practice once it's there. :)
Ok, maybe the difference in gravity and soil plays a role, but still.... - SitPoMk, on 06/05/2008, -1/+2[insert lame and very soon-to-be overused Digg and digging joke here that everyone thinks of just as soon as they see title except with their own witty little twist that makes them feel like theirs is better .. here]
... waaait ... - BlockedUser, on 06/05/2008, -0/+1"The scoop contained intriguing white specks that could be surface ice or salt."
How can any dig be "practice"? It's Fckn Mars!!! - Proctor, on 06/05/2008, -0/+1That spring loaded door wont open because the spring is underneath the lander :D
- jgzman, on 06/05/2008, -0/+1"Practice" means that they are checking the operation of the arm. The dug soil will be dumped overboard, not used for analysis.
- mazarino, on 06/05/2008, -1/+2I love the fact the digger's twitter account is in the first person. Genius:
http://twitter.com/MarsPhoenix - davidhallstrom, on 06/05/2008, -1/+2Interesting article. Thank you.
- haentz, on 06/05/2008, -1/+2First twittering, now digging... This must be Spaceflight 2.0
- Subliminational, on 06/06/2008, -0/+1They can't be 'in the loop' so to speak because of the communication lag btw. earth and mars. It has to be largely automated, thus they don't want to have the arm do something unexpected during automated scooping if they can catch it in a 'practice' run.
- Haoie, on 06/05/2008, -0/+1Joke or not, oil needs life to have existed on Mars.
Whether life existed existing there is still up for debate. - inactive, on 06/05/2008, -0/+1next generation of mars diggers will also use reddit and ebaums, but will be lamer.
- glory, on 06/05/2008, -0/+1Domfosnz, gravity is not just pulling on the soil, it's pulling on the machine itself too, and you can't simulate that on earth by using lighter soil.
- likwidfuzion, on 06/05/2008, -3/+3Is it being controlled by MrBabyMan?
- domfosnz, on 06/05/2008, -1/+1They could have used lighter soil to compensate for the difference in gravity.
- inactive, on 06/05/2008, -1/+1Computer simulation maybe? After playing GTA 4 I can't imagine making a game that lets you scoop dirt would be that hard.
- S1ngular1ty1, on 06/05/2008, -3/+2I can digg it.
- Philophobic, on 06/05/2008, -1/+0You spelled digg wrong.
- storytell3r, on 06/05/2008, -1/+0Jupiter perhaps
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