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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Thursday, January 15, 2004 ::
Let The Roving Begin!
The Spirit rover is now on the surface of Mars! During the night, the rover successfully drove off of its lander, and on the Martian surface, finally getting its wheels dirty. Due to problems retracting the airbags, the rover had to leave the lander via a less-than-optimum route, which the JPL team described as the most dangerous task the rover would have to perform once on the surface.