Ya gotta love it. First NASA names their first shuttle Enterprise, now they name their first "robonaut" R2 and it kinda looks like Boba Fett. I'll bet Mr. Lucas is happy.
Of course, you can't help but notice the blatant product endorsement.
R2 takes off for its permanent home on the ISS on Discovery's STS-133 flight scheduled in September.
--->Susan
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30 April 2010
12 January 2010
A Canyon Within a Canyon
This photograph of the Mars Juventae Chasma canyon shows the different color variations in layered deposits of opaline silica and iron sulfates. The canyon is part of the large Valles Marineris rift which runs nearly 1/4 the way around the planet. The rift, so far the longest known in the solar system, is over 4,000 km long, 200 km wide and up to 7 km deep. By comparison, the Grand Canyon is 446 km long, 29 km wide and 1.83 km deep.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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