press release reworked by reporter
bottom line : nasa wants your money
the issue of pointlessness not raised
The rock-climbing Spirit went down in the history books by becoming the first robot to scale an extraterrestrial hill. Last summer, it completed a daredevil climb to the summit of Husband Hill _ as tall as the Statue of Liberty _ despite fears that it might not survive the weather.
``I must give him his due. He has considerably cretinized me.'' Lautréamont
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