One of the laser sensors may find its way onto a craft vying for Google's X Prize, with the results used to determine where vessels can touch down whilst keeping a safe distance from Apollo landing sites.

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"We were up on hills looking across Jerusalem, looking across at the Dome of the Rock and we saw a plume of smoke in the distance, which was a rocket landing, " he said.

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Tail winds might account for some of the off-target distance, NASA's Gavin Mendeck said, but the actual landing spot was well within the expected range of uncertainty, or the area where the rover could well have ended up.

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Expanding MSN's ranks may rely more on stealing customers from AOL than on landing newcomers, just as growth in the saturated cell phone and long-distance markets requires raiding rival subscriber lists.

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