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Mars Rovers Get Mystery Power Boost
2004-11-05
Posted by:Steve White

#20  Something WONDERFUL is about to happen..."2001 A Space Odd.."!!
Posted by: smn   2004-11-05 10:03:22 PM  

#19  Martian squeegee men?
Posted by: ed   2004-11-05 8:35:11 PM  

#18  "Bush Victory Will Jump-Start Space Plans" (eg Mars exploration)

immediately followed by:

"Mars Rovers Get Mystery Power Boost"

The connection is almost spooky . . .
Posted by: gp   2004-11-05 8:32:35 PM  

#17  Naw, Marvin gave 'em a jumpstart from his Illudium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator.
Posted by: Old Grouch   2004-11-05 7:08:40 PM  

#16  Swiffer?
Posted by: Analog Roam   2004-11-05 4:33:07 PM  

#15  It was the Mysterons. Just ask Capt. Scarlet.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-11-05 2:06:16 PM  

#14  Someone just wound up the rubber band again is all....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-11-05 1:57:29 PM  

#13  ET has a whisk broom.
Posted by: BigEd   2004-11-05 1:38:41 PM  

#12  Everybody already knows that Borgboy.

:)
Posted by: Shipman   2004-11-05 12:33:05 PM  

#11  Re #9: Make that the infamous TESLA DEATH RAY! "Zionist entity" merely updated an existing idea... BTw, first used at the Mitla Pass in '56, and then again on the Golan in '67. Malfunctioning TESLA DEATH RAY equipment on the Bar-Lev Line in '73 allowed Egyptian advance to proceed unabated...its repair days later allowed General Sharon to destroy the Egyptian 3rd Army and proceed into Africa... BTW a more portable version of the TESLA DEATH RAY now standard equipment on certain late model Merkavas...
Posted by: borgboy   2004-11-05 12:22:07 PM  

#10  I've noticed that the sunshine is a little brighter now that Bush has been re-elected...
Posted by: Tom   2004-11-05 11:58:50 AM  

#9  I know it was stray energy from the Zionist Death Ray™
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-11-05 11:55:45 AM  

#8  I wonder if they've written about this on their LiveJournal blogs. Seriously. Sort of.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2004-11-05 11:52:28 AM  

#7  Energy beam? Naaa, more likely just one of the local homeless crowd wielding a squeegee and some Windex. Hopefully NASA sent tip money along.
Posted by: AzCat   2004-11-05 11:49:21 AM  

#6  Unexplained power boost? Cleaner solar cells? I don't think so.

Any sci-fi fan knows that the rover in question has just come in contact with a mysterious energy beam from an ancient martian artifact that will turn the rover into a rampaging kill-bot. You would think NASA could figure this stuff out.
Posted by: SteveS   2004-11-05 8:47:22 AM  

#5  *heh* I was expecting a WalMart. :)
Posted by: eLarson   2004-11-05 8:14:13 AM  

#4  Here's a fresh picture from one of the rovers:

Posted by: Dave D.   2004-11-05 6:46:16 AM  

#3  More likely a light, 300MPH breeze...
Posted by: mojo   2004-11-05 2:24:26 AM  

#2  They are happy. They just found out Bush won. I would think they got "cleaned" is an OK guess but it could be an increase in solar energy as well.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-11-05 1:27:43 AM  

#1  Sounds to me like it could have rained.
Posted by: phil_b   2004-11-05 1:07:34 AM  

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