# Spirit Rover in the Dirt!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirit-rover-in-the-dirt/224609>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 15, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirit-rover-in-the-dirt/224609 "2004-01-15T17:31:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirit-rover-in-the-dirt/224609/1 "2004-01-15T17:31:21Z")

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Yay! The Spirit Rover is off the platform and getting its wheels dirty!  
😃

[Link to Washington Post Article with neat-o photo](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18844-2004Jan15.html)

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirit-rover-in-the-dirt/224609/2 "2004-01-15T17:54:51Z")

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Woooo-hooooooo!!!

One small wheel-out for a Rover; one giant wheelie for Roverkind!

😃😃😃😃😃

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirit-rover-in-the-dirt/224609/3 "2004-01-15T18:33:29Z")

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It’s all good! 😃

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirit-rover-in-the-dirt/224609/4 "2004-01-15T18:45:18Z")

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very cool photo! Who else would think it funny if the mars rover photo’s beamed back shots of some sort of alien walking up to the Spirit and inspecting it?

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirit-rover-in-the-dirt/224609/5 "2004-01-15T20:44:12Z")

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‘Funny’ would not even begin to describe such an occurrence.  
😛

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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirit-rover-in-the-dirt/224609/6 "2004-01-15T21:24:10Z")

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