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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by ravi-delia on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:13PM (#30074511)
My mental image until I looked it up was around the size of a dog. No, I don't know why
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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by jpindar on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:31PM (#30074817)
The older ones were smaller.

https://earthlymission.com/size-comparison-generations-mars-...

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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by Sharlin on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:04PM (#30077267)
But even Spirit and Oppy were… well, I guess they're roughly the size of a very large dog. At 185 kg, much heavier than even the largest dogs though.
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Re:James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in spa... by Angostura on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @05:39PM (#30079124)
Because it's called rover? :)
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