ŠOUM AllStars in Cvièkarija
May 11th, 2005 
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Mars rover Opportunity stuck on a sand dune
May 09th, 2005 Comments(0)
Comments(0) Its corner wheels were between halfway and three-quarters buried. “That’s not where we’d like them to be,” says Jim Erickson, the rovers’ project manager.
They made 2 tonnes of Mars-like soil using fine clay, playground sand and diatomaceous earth, which has the consistency of flour but consists of fossilised shells of diatoms.
Obviously nobody considered such a scenario before sending the rover up there? 
The first step will be to straighten rover’s wheels, but getting the rover clear of the dune may take days, possibly even weeks.
