Re: farewell Martian Rovers!

On Mar 29, 8:43 am, "George" <Geo...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Mar 25, 7:31 pm, "George" <Geo...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Mar 25, 4:40 am, "rick++" <rick...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You lasted 17 times longer than your design life and sent back
fantastic amounts of data. But NASA is short on money and cut your
operational budget in half yesterday. Therefore NASA will be keeping
the Spirit with the broken wheel and sick batteries on minimal life
support and slowing down Opportunity which is chugging around
Victoria
crater.

They were truly amazing. Quite a feat of engineering.

Stuart

NASA has recanted the funding cut so they are reprieved, for now.

George

NASA is smart enough to listen, on occasion, to its many fans.

I hope they remember how they achieved this, cuz this one of
this least problem plagued missions I can recall especially given
its complexity.

Stuart

Stuart
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And JPL and NASA need to remember the difference between Metric and US
Customary Units.  Remember the previous rover bounced a bit hard on
landing and never survived.   Perhaps it was CalTech's fault, not teaching
the US units of measurement, but personally, I think Al Gore had a hand in
it to sabotage the rover, because he was afraid it would discover Martian
Creatures, formed from Global Warming on Mars.
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I believe you are thinking about the Mars Polar Explorer.

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No I think its the Polar Express , with Tom Hanks.
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