Mars Rovers Alive Until 2005?

Posted by michael on Thursday July 8, 2004 @04:33AM from the or-until-the-martians-find-them dept.

maggeth writes "The BBC is reporting that negotiations are under way to extending funding for the Mars rovers beyond this September. Originally designed to work for 90 Martian days, they now predict they may last well beyond the 250 Martian days they had announced previously." hoferbr writes "A new analysis by Phil Berardelli at the United Press International quotes Steve Squyres, chief scientist for the Mars rover mission, in which he says that the Mars rovers '... could go into 2005'. Spirit and Opportunity will complete six months on the Martian surface on July."

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Re:If they had a wisk broom... by freqres · 2004-07-08 05:47 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Wow, it took two engineers to come up with the idea that some device to remove the dust from the solar panels would greatly improve mission longevity? This wasn't at some sort of Mensa meeting was it?

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