There's just enough atmosphere to make it interesting

Bunny sent me this video of landing a rover on Mars [1]. She liked it because the rover reminded her of Wall-E [2] (one of her favorite films). It's also strikes me as silly that NASA (National Air and Space Administration) [3] would seriously consider covering the rover with beach balls and have to bounce to a landing.

Then again, considering what it takes to land on Mars [4], maybe it wasn't such a silly idea after all.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/embed/XRCIzZHpFtY?rel=0

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E

[3] http://www.nasa.gov/

[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU

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