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Spirit Marks One Martian Year

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the peace-and-long-life dept.

hrayr writes to tell us NASA is reporting that Spirit, their proclaimed "wonder child", sent to explore Mars has just wrapped up its first Martian year, equivalent to two Earth years. Originally designed to only last 90 days the small six wheeled machine has lasted far beyond the original scope to bring us immense amounts of data and some 70,000 images. There is still great hope that this data, and more to come will bring us one step closer to Mars habitation.

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  1. Cool... by Mad_Rain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now comes the cultural aspect of Spirit's research on Mars: Do the Martians bake it a birthday cake? Or do they now call it an adult and let it drive the family UFO?

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