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Mars Rover Down? Spirit Stays Silent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sleep-well-good-sir dept.

astroengine writes "One year after NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit stopped communicating with Earth, mission managers have announced that they will give the stranded rover one more month to send a signal before they scale back the search. But things aren't looking good. In the words of JPL-based Mars rover driver Scott Maxwell, 'Spirit was so close to us, just a year ago. Snap your fingers, and she's a hundred million miles distant and we can't even prove she's alive.'"

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  1. Re:Good run by Sonny+Yatsen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's not luck, that's great engineering and great piloting on the part of NASA.

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  2. lasted 15x its nominal 90-day design life by peter303 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    NASA got its money's worth for a change