Graham Drabble wrote:

Can I just remind people this is sci.space.moderated, not soc.politics
or talk.insults! I know there is an overlap between space and politics
but can people just bare this in mind please.


Yeah, we have drifted badly off topic, and I'll stop posting on this.
Okay, back on topic:
Up on Mars, The amazing immortal Opportunity Rover is closing in on the
half-mile-wide Victoria Crater:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12875359/
Which should really be something to see. We've certainly gotten our
money's worth out of the two rovers, and they will probably be
remembered right up there with Voyagers 1 and 2 as NASA's most
successful unmanned missions to date.

Pat