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Nasa’s newest Mars rover successfully collects first rock sample

An attempt by the rover to collect a sample last month had failed.

NASA’S NEWEST MARS rover has successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month’s attempt came up empty.

The Perseverance rover’s chief engineer, Adam Stelzner, called it a perfect core sample.

“I’ve never been more happy to see a hole in a rock,” he tweeted today.

A month ago, Perseverance drilled into much softer rock, and the sample crumbled and did not get inside the titanium tube.

The rover drove half a mile to a better sampling spot to try again.

Team members analysed data and pictures before declaring a success.

Perseverance arrived in February at Mars’ Jezero Crater — believed to be the home of a lush lakebed and river delta billions of years ago — in search of rocks that might hold evidence of ancient life.

Nasa plans to launch more spacecraft to retrieve the samples collected by Perseverance.

Engineers are hoping to return as many as three dozen samples in about a decade.

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    Mute Uncle Monty
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:05 PM

    Mmmmmm lovely West African weed…you can keep it.

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    Mute NO 2 FF/FG/LAB
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:08 PM

    What makes you think it’s bad quality?

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    Mute Machiavelli O'Reilly
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:12 PM

    most of the stuff that comes out of africa is poor.

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    Mute NO 2 FF/FG/LAB
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:17 PM

    Maybe the stuff that you’ve tried…

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    Mute Sean Claffey
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:24 PM

    This lad loves to argue with anything and everyone. Pretty much all African weed I’ve ever had was muck.

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    Mute Machiavelli O'Reilly
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:24 PM

    Well I’ve yet to have anyone recommend Benin Haze to me anyway.

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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:52 PM

    Durban skunk straight from south Africa was some of the best I’ve ever had. Each to their own. No argument here pal it’s a lovely Saturday & I’m not in the mood for division

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    Mute Derek
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:55 PM

    Durban is fantastic, but most of what comes from Africa is local wild bush weed and pure crap,

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    Mute Sean Claffey
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    Jun 4th 2016, 1:01 PM

    I’ve had a lovely Irish breakfast in Germany before but I would never argue with somebody who stated that German’s can’t cook a fry because mine was a rarity

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    Mute Chris Linehan
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    Jun 4th 2016, 1:57 PM

    Streaky bacon is not the same as rashers bacon. I’m slowly trying to convince the locals of this with Denny.

    And as for sausages? The Germans wouldn’t know a real sausage if it slapped them across the face.

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    Mute Ronan McDermott
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    Jun 4th 2016, 3:32 PM

    Bahaha good point bud

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    Mute Seán Domhnall O'Sullivan
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    Jun 5th 2016, 2:04 AM

    The German blokes love a bitta sausage,particularly in summer time I always found Chris! :p

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    Mute Bobby Neary
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:08 PM

    I see they have upped the price of a kilo 5 fold

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    Mute NO 2 FF/FG/LAB
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:08 PM

    The guards buy their drugs on a very expensive street

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    Mute Paddy Ryan
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:54 PM

    Grafton St weed…

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    Mute NO 2 FF/FG/LAB
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:05 PM

    Why would you continue to waste money by trying to investigate this. You can’t stop demotic drug production in Ireland what makes you think you can stop it in West Africa also?

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    Mute Martin Byrne
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:42 PM

    I’m the squarest square in square land and even I know that it should be legalised. Sell it in Spar!

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    Mute david dickson
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:09 PM

    Quantity and value? Normally just get a value. So they are still going by €20 a gram. Pricey.

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    Mute Paddy Ryan
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    Jun 4th 2016, 1:48 PM

    Especially for African Scrag..

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    Mute decky smith
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:11 PM

    Thats multicultureism for you

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    Mute NO 2 FF/FG/LAB
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:18 PM

    90% + of Irelands cannabis market is grown domestically, multiculturalism created the very technology that is allowing you to make this stupid comment

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    Mute Pádraig Ó Raghaill
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:58 PM

    Political attitude on drug reform must change

    One of the arguments used is when a middle-class person uses Cocain or similar they ignore the fact it is propelling the gangs that cause crime. While on face value that might be true, the stark reality is, in fact, governmental policy is causing that issue. The other spruiked negator of decriminalisation and legalisation is it would need to be a worldwide initiative. While it is true to impact fully the illegal drug trade it needs to be a worldwide initiative in reality again, it is not true for singular countries.

    It is also said that tobacco and alcohol although legal still have a large black market trade. That is also a misnomer, the reason there is a black market trade is due to the large taxes imposed, and thus, it breeds the black market through governments highly profiting from our consumption. We can safely say and backed up by academics worldwide, large-scale studies and even the UNODC; decriminalisation is the minimum that needs to be put in place.

    >>>> http://www.tworoundcorners.com/political-attitude-drug-reform-must-change/

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    Mute ok
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:48 PM

    The guards must have known there was something fishy going on.

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    Mute Michael Clinton
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:28 PM

    Were the dealers Codding.

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    Mute Paddy Ryan
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    Jun 4th 2016, 1:49 PM

    He’s been a right pollock.

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    Mute Cal McLaughlin
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:49 PM

    Kinda ironic really given that the existence of the average weed user resembles that of a goldfish in a bowl.

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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:54 PM

    130 million people worldwide use the substance daily & you want to generalise them all? I think the sad troll wasting away his Saturday is the goldfish in the bowl

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    Mute Daffy the Bear
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    Jun 4th 2016, 1:25 PM

    Flute

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    Mute Les Behan
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    Jun 4th 2016, 1:41 PM

    “Kinda ironic really given that the existence of the average weed user resembles that of a goldfish in a bowl.”

    Says the man that spends most of his life on The Journal.

    Irony!

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    Mute William T Smith
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    Jun 4th 2016, 6:44 PM

    Just inhale Cal,you’ll be grand.

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    Mute Michael Kavanagh
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    Jun 4th 2016, 2:45 PM

    No point in carping on about this!

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    Mute Tommy Sea
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    Jun 4th 2016, 6:01 PM

    African weed, comes complete with munchies, sorted so

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    Mute Paddy Ryan
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    Jun 4th 2016, 1:50 PM

    Anyone else got a craving for a smoke… and a fish lunch…

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    Mute Grinspoon
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    Jun 4th 2016, 6:05 PM

    Booo customs… boooook

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    Mute Martin Gallagher
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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:53 PM

    Well, that’s certainly one way of adding value to the price of dried fish.

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    Mute Marie Gunbay
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    Jun 5th 2016, 12:12 AM

    No doubt the person who owned the stash now feels that they have been slapped in the face with a wet fish ! I better pm Captain Birdseye.

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    Mute Gerry Fallon
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    Jun 15th 2016, 7:35 AM

    Had a fish and chips in galway last night and was stoned after it.it was a smoke cod.

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