Mars Rover "Spirit" In Danger

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @05:45AM from the my-kingdom-for-a-sunbeam dept.

Riding with Robots writes "Just days after announcing that the Mars Phoenix Lander has met its icy demise, NASA reports that a dust storm has left the rover Spirit on the edge of power failure. During one recent Martian day, the robotic geologist's solar array produced only 89 watt hours of energy, the lowest output by either rover in their nearly five years on Mars. Mission managers are taking steps to protect the hardy, battle-worn spacecraft, but the agency describes Spirit's status as 'vulnerable.'"

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OMG Mars Global Warming!!! by jsldub · 2008-11-12 06:30 · Score: 0, Flamebait

We must decrease our carbon footprint on Mars! These devices have started failing from dust storms only recently, since we have been sending robots to Mars.
So it is obviously our robots that are causing the increased storms!
end sarcasm...