NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover

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You can find this small rock on the sol 4200 post a few days ago.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Small rock is dead. Long live smaller rocks!

Did they intentionally instruct the rover to crush the rock, or was this a result of autonomous navigation?

I wonder what the green crystals are. Malachite? Beryl? Olivine?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Fossilized Martian peen