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And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Saturday, April 22, 2023

NASA's Perseverance Rover Has Lost Its Martian 'Pet' After More Than a Year

The rock was first seen back in early February, 2022 (on Earth, or about sol 341 for the lifetime of Perseverance on Mars). It somehow ended up in the rover's left front wheel and like a good friend, stuck with the rover for a long time.

c w swanson at 5:13 PM

2 comments:

AnonymousApril 22, 2023 at 6:06 PM
That’s funny. Someone should write a kid’s book about it.
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SiGraybeardApril 23, 2023 at 6:27 AM
It'll show up as an alien artifact in a breathlessly promoted YouTube video.

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