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Opportunity back out of Victoria crater
They didn't think it would be able to get back out when it went in, but
of course it did: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0808/30merb/ Those rovers are downright amazing. Pat |
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Opportunity back out of Victoria crater
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone... They didn't think it would be able to get back out when it went in, but of course it did: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0808/30merb/ Those rovers are downright amazing. Pat They've been going for four years. Not bad for something designed for a 90-day mission. |
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Opportunity back out of Victoria crater
"Alan Erskine" wrote in message ... "Pat Flannery" wrote in message dakotatelephone... They didn't think it would be able to get back out when it went in, but of course it did: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0808/30merb/ Those rovers are downright amazing. Pat They've been going for four years. Not bad for something designed for a 90-day mission. There was obviously some excess margin designed into the systems in order to meet that 90 day goal. Plus, it looks good if you exceed the original expectations, so you deliberately set those low to make yourself look good. Remember Scotty on Star Trek? :-) Jeff -- A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein |
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