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NASA’s Curiosity rover takes first scoop of soil, fixates on shiny thing instead

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One might think that NASA would be excited to examine the first scoop of soil that they’ve retrieved using the Curiosity rover that spectacularly landed itself on Mars not that long ago. Instead, NASA’s next focus appears to be on the partially-visible shiny object in the foreground of the above image. Even NASA themselves admit that it might just be a bit of rover hardware, but they’re going to give it a thorough examination anyway.
via GeekOSystem

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