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

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

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

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/