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Mars Rover Reaches Victoria Crater

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-a-long-strange-trip-it's-been dept.

gevmage writes, "CNN reports that the 'Opportunity' rover on Mars has reached the Victoria crater. The rovers Spirit and Opportunity arrived on Mars three years ago with planned mission lifetime of 90 days. The rover Spirit is wounded, having only 5 of 6 wheels functioning, and so it's moving quite slowly. However, Opportunity is still going strong and has been trucking towards the massive crater Victoria for almost the past year. Scientists have been hoping that Opportunity would get there so they can have a look at geologically older areas — and it's finally made it!" See the NASA press release for links to photos of the Victoria crater.

13 of 187 comments (clear)

  1. What units? by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 3, Funny
    The rover Spirit is wounded, having only 5 of 6 wheels functioning

    Are those English Wheels or Metric Wheels?

  2. Re:Rovers ought rendezvous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    maybe they can even have little baby rovers!

  3. Victoria's Secreat no more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once the rover reaches the Victoria Crater, that will an end to Victoria's Secret!

  4. thats what he said by coldtone · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We don't have major discoveries every week. But we do expect some major new discoveries when we get inside Victoria,"

  5. Add an " 's " by mhokie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Add an 's to get "Mars Rover Reaches Victoria's Crater" and you get the title of a well worn "video" I used to own.

  6. Repairs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    "It's definitely good to be conservative. There aren't many repair shops between here and Mars!" said Banerdt.


    Silly scientists! They should have ordered the Complete Care(TM) Accidental Damage service and they would have no reason to be so frightened. Any problem would be resolved till the next business day. :-)
  7. Still going? by DaveM753 · · Score: 2, Funny

    FTA: The rovers Spirit and Opportunity arrived on Mars three years ago with planned mission lifetime of 90 days.

    Are you sure these rovers were made in America??
    ;-)

  8. Matthew 26:41 by NoMaster · · Score: 3, Funny
    The rover Spirit is wounded, having only 5 of 6 wheels functioning, and so it's moving quite slowly.
    So the Spirit is willing, but it's flesh is weak?

    There's a lot of good info and advice in the Bible...

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    1. Re:Matthew 26:41 by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

      So the Spirit is willing, but it's flesh is weak?

      When Spirit had a show-stopping glitch with its flash memory card in 2004, one headline read, "The Spirit is willing, but the flash is weak".

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  9. Re:Rovers ought rendezvous by Robot+Randy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Besides, imaging the AAA cost even WITH the "good" membership.

  10. Re:Events such as this restore my faith in Humanit by susano_otter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please keep your particular brand of emo out of the voting booths, thanks.

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  11. Re:Rover Time by cortana · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think the standard name of the unit is "one of your Earth years".

  12. Still a tossup by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will Vista be released before even one of the rovers dies?

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