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Bogged-down Mars rover may be doomed to chilly death 
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Unable to point solar panels at low midwinter sun NASA says that its "scrappy" Mars rover, Spirit - which has spent six years prowling the ochre wilderness of the red planet - may finally be stuffed. Bogged in a sand trap, the machine is unable to align its solar panels correctly for the comin...
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