Bout' Time

Below is RedNova's top headline from 8/14/05.

Failed to say that America put a roving probe
on Mars before it got around to this project.

Trooper Zoe: A Prototype Robotic Astrobiologist

Researchers are preparing for the final stage of a three-year
project to develop a prototype robotic astrobiologist, a robot
that can explore and study life in the driest desert on Earth.
Zoë is equipped with scientific instruments to seek and
identify micro-organisms and to characterize their habitats.