Notice the large nearby crater

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Gary — 1/4/2004 6:09:34 PM (archived)

On Mars there is always a large nearby crater. The Beagle 2 folks would have held that crater up as an explanation of why MER augered in. Sure glad it didn't!

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Interesting comments from the MER press conference. - Gary - 1/4/2004 7:07:15 AM
- Does the descent camera return pictures or is it just " to aid a system for reducing horizontal motion just before impact."? (n/t) - RobVG - 1/4/2004 7:20:04 AM
  - They showed one of the decent pictures last night along with the others. It wasn't that bad. (n/t) - Delbert - 1/4/2004 2:16:13 PM
  - It does but the pictures are not interesting (low res.). (n/t) - Gary - 1/4/2004 7:25:22 AM
    - A descent image - Gary - 1/4/2004 6:02:06 PM
      - Cool! thanks (n/t) - RobVG - 1/4/2004 6:36:27 PM
      - Notice the large nearby crater - Gary - 1/4/2004 6:09:34 PM

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