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Spirit 'Will Be Perfect Again'

Posted by michael on from the we-get-signal-main-screen-turn-on dept.

G. Holst writes "NASA technicians are preparing to wipe Spirit's flash memory clean of science and engineering files that have stymied its software. The fix, likely to be made Friday, could completely restore Spirit. "I think it will be perfect again," says the Mission Manager. Chalk this one up for earth!" There are numerous stories about Spirit and Mars: one describes being careful with rm -rf. Reader Tablizer sends in an interesting site: "I discovered Bill Momsen's website where he describes his experiences working on the first successful photographic mission to another planet: Mariner IV to Mars."

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  1. Ctrl-Alt-Del sent to mars... by ivanmarsh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woo-hoo!

    Glad to hear Spirit will be feeling herself again.

    1. Re:Ctrl-Alt-Del sent to mars... by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Herself? It fell asleep with its probe stuck out. Now it's going to wake up with some memories missing. That sounds like a guy activity to me.

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      One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
  2. Re:perfect again? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even perfecter. The next rover mission will be even more perfecter. Maybe even the perfectest!

  3. I'm disappointed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How come we're not awash with "Spirit was willing, but flash was weak" jokes?

  4. Dave? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Dave, stop ... Stop, will you? Stop, Dave ... Will you stop, Dave ... Stop, Dave. I'm afraid ... I'm afraid ... I'm afraid, Dave ... Dave ... my mind is going ... I can feel it ... I can feel it ... My mind is going ... There is no question about it. I can feel it ... I can feel it ... I can feel it ... I'm a ... fraid ... "

  5. What's happening? by thung226 · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're saying mad-scientist-esque things like "I think it will be perfect again" and calling rocks "Cake."

    They've officially lost it.

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    -n-
  6. Re:Courageous engineers! by TaKiNiTeZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some people claim that it also helps keeping their spirit up.

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    awk. it's too sed i can't fork.
  7. Re:Courageous engineers! by damien_kane · · Score: 5, Funny

    Depending on what it is they are consuming and in what quantities, their spirits may be coming up quicker than they expect...

  8. On the radio... by Bimo_Dude · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard the headline that "Opportunity has plunged into the atmosphere of Mars," and I couldn't help adding to this in my head, "as well as Spirit, Motivation, Job Prospects, and Hope."

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    "Teleporting Rodents with D-Cell Battery Displacement" theory -- IgnoramusMaximus (692000)
  9. Like that joke.. by ph43thon · · Score: 5, Funny

    A chemist, an engineer and a computer scientist are passing through a vast desert in a car when suddenly the car breaks down.

    "Goddamnit! There must have been some sudden increase of enthalpy in the cylinder!" the chemist yells, gnashing his teeth, banging on the steering wheel.

    "Maybe the fan belt broke or the battery is dead or the wheels came off.." the engineer mumbles.

    After thinking a while the computer scientist shrieks in a shrill, frantic voice:

    "Let's just try getting out of the car and getting back in!!!@!"

    p

  10. Re:Courageous engineers! by javatips · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's true... I had the opportunity to keep keep my spirit up for so long that I have memory flashes all the time.