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We keep our star talk down to earth! Beginning stargazers, professional astronomers, armchair astronauts and the cosmologically curious are all invited to join us. Galaxies Astronomy Club was founded in 1994.
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From: Cstar1
10/17/15
This self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the “Big Sky” site, where its drill collected the mission’s fifth taste of Mount Sharp, at lower left corner. The scene combines images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on Sol 1126 (Oct. 6, 2015). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Why Don't We See the Curiosity Rover's Arm When it Takes a Selfie?
Every time the Curiosity rover takes a 'selfie' on Mars, we get the same questions: "How was this picture taken?" "Why isn't the rover's arm or the camera visible in this picture?" "In all of Curiosity's selfies, the camera mast is never visible... why?" And (sigh) "What is NASA hiding???"
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1/20/16
Hopefully I didn't already post this one here...
Delirious Rover Hallucinates Water On Mars
PASADENA, CA-More than one year into the automated motor vehicle's exploration of Mars' arid Gale Crater, NASA scientists confirmed Friday that the delirious, weakened Curiosity rover is currently hallucinating that it has discovered water on the Red Planet.
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