[mars rover] It's drivin' (and who said scientists were boring?)

[MerakSpielman]

Well, they got the thing driving. link You can see its tire tracks and everything.

The team at JPL sent the order to Spirit to get moving around 3:21 a.m. ET, playing the theme from "Rawhide" ("Rolling, rolling, rolling ...") to get in the mood.
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As new images streamed across the screens at JPL, the group of engineers and scientists cheered and hugged each other. The song "Who let the dogs out" played over speakers and project manager Peter Theisinger showed off a T-shirt with an image of the rover and text that said "My other car is on Mars."

Man, those scientists are real party animals.

 

[Steve Jung]

"My other car is on Mars."

That's a great quote.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Nice, but this is my favorite: " The car was designed to travel dozens of yards per day" Whoa! Easy Steve McQueen!