After a hugely successful landing of the latest Mars Rover, NASA admitted today that the 1 ton vehicle had 'blown it's head gasket' after a short trip across the crater that was it's landing site.
A NASA spokesman was heard to say that he thought that engineers had sorted out the overheating problems that had plagued the British built engine throughout it's life of powering poorly built Rovers. It is thought that a Birmingham born NASA engineer Richard Copeland had misinterpreted 'retro boosting' as being a scheme designed to encourage the use of outdated technology in space exploration and had installed the underpowered 1.8 litre engine to work in tandem with the Rover's nuclear reactor.
Copeland, formerly of Longbridge, was heard to offer to 'pop up with his toolbox' in an attempt to repair the Rover, however the NASA spokesman said that this would be unlikely to happen as Copeland had conceded that he 'knew little about the dangers of manned space travel'
