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Rovers May Survive Martian Winter

Posted by timothy on from the those-things-wake-up-hungry dept.

yokem_55 writes "According to this article on Yahoo News, Mars rover engineers are beginning to consider the possibility that the rovers may be able to survive the oncoming Martian winter in a hibernation mode, and then return to activity when spring returns to the red planet. The article ends with a quote from Steve Squires speculating that, 'we're looking at the final demise of these vehicles perhaps as late as the onset of our second winter on Mars.'"

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  1. FIRST POST! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post?

  2. fQrost pist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mod Points and chosen, whatever handy, You are free

  3. Re:Possible Martian intervention? by OwlWhacker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    why dont you go back to whacking owls I never stopped. I can whack owls about and type at the same time.

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  4. Re:here we go again by HeghmoH · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Queue the wacko environmentalists who can't spell "queue".

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  5. light bringers may succeed in rescuing us? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    despite ourselves, & the whoreabull bedevilment set upon us by unprecedented evile et AL, aka, the corepirate nazi execrable.

    all is not lost?

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators..... unbreakable since forever.

    tell 'em robbIE?

  6. glowbull warmongerers doomed to failure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that's how the chart reads throughout history.

  7. Re:here we go again by BabyDave · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Queue the wacko environmentalists who can't spell "queue".

    Cue the wacko spelling trolls who don't know the difference between queue and cue .

  8. Re:here we go again by kcar5150 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cue the grammar Nazi who doesn't realize the parent meant 'cue' instead of 'queue'.

  9. Re:here we go again by eraserewind · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Queue the wacko environmentalists who can't spell "queue".
    Cue the spelling trolls who can't spell "cue"