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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: Admin on July 04, 2011, 06:50:34 PM
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It launches at the end of this year, and is scheduled to land around August of 2012. It contains 4.8kg of plutonium-238, and has a laser that can vaporize stuff at 7 meters away! :o
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/07/features/rover-returns/viewgallery# (http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/07/features/rover-returns/viewgallery#)!image-number=1
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That's cool!
Is this the one that I remember hearing about that was like a combination of a couple of different rovers from different countries? At first each country was going to send it's own on a single rocket but then due to cost they were forced to be smaller then they were forced to merge into one?
I like the plutonium power idea. I wonder if it'll still have solar cells? How long will that plutonium power work? (Hmmm, half life of 87 years..., I think quite a long time is the answer to that question!) Provided something else doesn't break first. ;)
I love how when they're talking about the landing "rockets" they say "If it works, it'll be spectacular". hahaha
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That looks awesome, but I'm sure those wheels would look far better on my kite buggy!! ;)