Spirit to rove no more

It's official, but will serve as a stationary science
platform......Doc http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/me...r20100126.html

"Dr.Colon Oscopy" writes:

It's official, but will serve as a stationary science
platform......Doc http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/me...r20100126.html

Bummer, but then again, way past warranty... I'd say JPL got it's money's
worth. Now down to only Opportunity. Too bad we didn't fund a few more of
these...

Dave

Dr.Colon Oscopy wrote:
It's official, but will serve as a stationary science
platform......Doc http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/me...r20100126.html

Sure got our money's worth out of that one.
It will be interesting to see how long Opportunity works for.

Pat

David Spain wrote:

Bummer, but then again, way past warranty... I'd say JPL got it's money's
worth. Now down to only Opportunity. Too bad we didn't fund a few more of
these...

They were pretty limited in where they could land; it had to be near the
equator for enough solar power, and at low elevations to give the
parachute enough ability to slow it down, but even with those
constraints I wish we had built some more of them rather than the way
over-budget MSL.

Pat

Dr.Colon Oscopy wrote:
It's official, but will serve as a stationary science
platform......Doc http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/me...r20100126.html


I wonder if she will update her LiveJournal to this effect?

http://spiritrover.livejournal.com/

On Jan 26, 2:24*pm, OM wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:42:54 -0800 (PST), "Dr.Colon Oscopy"

wrote:
It's official, but will serve as a stationary science
platform......Doc * *http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/me...r20100126.html

...It's a shame, but then again Spirit lasted almost six *years*
longer than the warranty allowed for, and unless Oppy hits another
sandtrap it could last another two years at the very least. More if
they hit another dust devil for a quick wash.

The little lost rover:

http://xkcd.com/695/

The little lost rover:

http://xkcd.com/695/

Its a comic but wouldnt it be wonderful to be able to retrieve some
equiptement eventually?


here we have the apollo snoopy, heres a viking lander and spirit from
mars, over there a surveyor from the moon. The large display
dominating the hall is the apollo saturn stage that was stuck in
heliospheric orbit for many years its in remarkably good condition and
the lagest item ever returned from space.

Now the highlight of ur display The apollo 11 lunar module upper
stage, its companion the lower stage is still on the moon as a
moonument, covered by a glass bubble.

As you know the LM was recently recovered using the new time travel
technology. Isnt it a beauty!

Yeah I KNOW this is a fantasy, so why not go all the way?

Over there we have the very first sputnik, the russians asked for its
return to their country.
So far we have possesion but the legal issues are ongoing

some things never change

Ed Treijs wrote:

The little lost rover:

http://xkcd.com/695/

That's sort of the plot of the movie "Moon".

Pat