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Mars Rovers Still Going Strong, Mission Extended
Loconut1389 writes "The Mars rovers' missions have been extended from 90 days to about 250 and have been upgraded with some new software to give them extended single run distances as well as other features. Yahoo has a similar article, also at Reuters.
I think it's great that these initially plagued robots are doing more than expected and are still going strong, mostly thanks to engineers figuring out how to make the most of the software and hardware onboard and figuring out how to diagnose an unfunctioning, unresponding machine millions of miles away. The whole project amazes me and I'm happy for NASA to be getting some good news for a change."
would make these rovers a bit cooler
I'm afraid I disagree. The way to stop the starving of the millions in Africa is, short term, to erase their debt and increase funding in infrastructure to survive famine, and long term to allow African products a level playing field economically. Unfortunately the latter option, in removing farmers subsidies, will lead to a lowering in standard of living of Americans which they are simply not willing to contemplate, even when lives are at stake. Killing tyrants is an overly simplistic solution that will only result in new tyrants where there is a continuing system which encourages tyranny to flourish.
As to your other point, I do not disagree with USA's military activities abroad when they are motivated by a desire to free people from tyranny and allow them to live their lives as they see fit. Unfortunately I do not feel Iraq falls into that category.
Are you sure that we are talking about the same innocent iraqi civilians?
It's difficult to keep a cease-fire with these "innocent" people. Regardless of the basis for the war, there is no reason that it should involve any stories such as that. None of those civilians are innocent.
"flaimbait" .. ?
*titter*
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