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Re:Big News From Mars? Rover Scientists Mum For Now by politician on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @11:36AM (#4809770)
Wait, didn't the principal scientist resign as a result of the media hype storm?

Yes... http://news.discovery.com/space/opera-leaders-resign-after-n...

Re:Big News From Mars? Rover Scientists Mum For Now by quux on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @11:40AM (#4809792)
Yes he was sacked, but here's the important quote from that article:

Even Ereditato never claimed that their work had overturned Einstein. "I would never say that," he told Science last September. "We are forced to say something. We could not sweep it under the carpet, because that would be dishonest."