From the article:

"We are literally trying to make hay as the sun shines," Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, told reporters.

Literally? No wonder NASA is having problems. They make their scientists divide their time between working the farms and exploring Mars.

Cheers

3 parts Martian dust + 1 part H2O = 2,432 Space Monkeys

No wonder NASA is having problems. They make their scientists divide their time between working the farms and exploring Mars.

Cheers

#1 | Posted by Grendel

Really! Imagine the commute time!

"No wonder NASA is having problems."
#1 | Posted by Grendel

"Scheduled to last just 90 Martian days, known as sols, the lander has already operated for more than 120. "

Grendel exhibits his usual stupidity and lack of reading comprehension.

Making hay while the sun shines.