Posted on 09/25/2018 3:08:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin
NASA's long-lived Opportunity Mars rover has been silent since June 11 in the wake of a global dust storm that swept around the red planet, blotting out the sun and preventing the rover's batteries from recharging. Despite clearing skies, the rover has yet to wake up, but it's no longer out of sight.
In an image released Tuesday, Opportunity shows up as a small dot-like feature in a high-resolution image captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, showing the rover on the slopes of Perseverance Valley 166 miles below. Opportunity was slowly making its way down into the martian valley when the dust storm developed.
NASA's Mars Opportunity rover is highlighted in this image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as it passed 166 miles overhead. The rover has not communicated with Earth since a dust storm enveloped over the red planet in June, but flight controllers remain hopeful the long-lived robot will eventually wake up and phone home.
NASA
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Thats only because the Martian from that one picture was following it around and keeping it repaired. How are you going to make sure we find another volunteer? I wonder, do Martians read Craigslist?
Where was the Earth shattering kaboom?
Maybe a AAA tow truck will be the first to Mars.
NASA has AAA right?
Well everyone knows there’s no such thing as Martians.
That only leaves one possibility. The Mars landing was faked just like the Lunar landing!
:)
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