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Re: Spirit Marks One Year on Mars (One Martian Year, that is) David Williams 11-24-2005
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Posted by David Williams on November 24, 2005, 5:15 pm
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-> >A top speed of more than 1 km/h would be nice, too, as well as a total
-> >lifetime odometry of more than a few kilometres.
-> >

-> If you add the distance it travelled to get to Mars, it probably costs
-> less per mile than a car on Earth :-)

Yes, but "coasting" distances really don't count. If they did, we'd
have to include the distances that automobiles get carried by the Earth
as it orbits the sun.

The MERs were in powered flight for only a few thousand kilometres.

dow

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