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Sandbox Readied to Plot Mars Rover's Escape Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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NASA plans to fill a 'sandbox' with simulated Martian soil this week to test escape manoeuvres for the Mars rover Spirit, which has been stuck in a sand trap called "Troy" since early May. When the rover first became stuck, its wheels slipped so much in the fine, flour-like soil that Spirit moved just centimetres despite the fact that its wheels had rotated enough to move it about 10 metres away. (source: newscientist.com)
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