14-March-2006, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Rue
LOL. Well he's right about this pic. It is indeed an artificial structure on Mars.
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However, upon investigating, it turns out that this has already been officially identified as the Mer-A/Opportunity backshell and parachute discarded in flight as the Lander made its decent to the Mars surface as opposed to say the discarded heat shield that is said to have landed in a different location. I expected that there would be some kind of official explanation, whether it is actually Opportunity debris or not, just because this strange object is so obvious in some of the official images, looks so anomalous, and would be so easy for many to find and become concerned about.
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