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NASA's history-making Mars rover Opportunity declared dead
CNET ^
| February 13, 2019
| Jackson Ryan
Posted on 02/13/2019 5:29:11 PM PST by buckalfa
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Quite a scientific and engineering accomplishment, but it's dead Jim.
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:29:11 PM PST
by
buckalfa
To: buckalfa
15 years is FAR longer than they ever expected. Good work, JPL engineers!
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:33:17 PM PST
by
montag813
To: buckalfa
Ooooh, I see a SciFi movie in this.
Lost Martian explorer finds rover, dusts it off and
contacts earth...
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:34:39 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: buckalfa
(tap tap, is this thing on?) Attention people of Earth! This is Varlock The Vicious, Supreme Ruler of The Council Of Mars! We have destroyed your puny probe! Any further attempts to invade our plant will be met with... *Buzz * *Zap;.. Hey, damnit, who cut the lights? I was broadcasting here! By the Piles of Uranus happens every damn time!
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:35:57 PM PST
by
jmacusa
("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
To: All
Clearly sabotage. The Martians finally had enough and pulled the plug.
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:36:27 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Does Elizabeth Warren use Walter Reed Hospital or the Indian Hospital on the reservation?)
To: buckalfa
They should at least try to contact Curiosity again periodically.
Maybe a dust devil will come by and blow the sand off the solar panels.
I believe that is what happened to one of the rovers a few years ago.
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:38:28 PM PST
by
Godebert
To: BipolarBob
Martian junk collector found it
To: montag813
Yep, and when we get there we can fix it.
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:38:45 PM PST
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: buckalfa
On Tuesday night, despite the transmission of commands and Billie Holiday’s I’ll Be Seeing You to Mars via the Deep Space Network, the rover couldn’t be roused.
I would have sent this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15YgdrhrCM8
We’ll Meet Again
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:40:19 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Facts are racist.)
To: tet68
That’s close to the plot of “The Martian”.
To: buckalfa
Its original mission was intended to last just over three months, but the hardy rover continued to roam across the Martian soil for nearly 15 years
Our planetary exploration has been one of our greatest accomplishments.
To: buckalfa
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:41:41 PM PST
by
CtBigPat
(Qanon - Please be real...)
To: buckalfa
A triumph of American technology. It was supposed to last three months.
To: jmacusa
Piles? Uranus? I see what you did there.
To: buckalfa
Oh well.
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:43:59 PM PST
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: buckalfa
It’s just waiting for a dust devil to clean it’s panels
To: montag813
Yep, it ranks right up there with the accomplishments of the Voyagers. Great stuff.
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:45:26 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: CtBigPat
Yeah, the mindblowing thing is that this thing wasn’t expected to last any longer than 90 days.
It lasted over six hundred times that.
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:46:25 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Nobody is coming to save the day)
To: EvilCapitalist
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:47:04 PM PST
by
jmacusa
("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
To: buckalfa
So now we know AAA won’t travel to Mars for a dead battery.
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posted on
02/13/2019 5:49:11 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(If Trump walked on water the press headline would read, "TRUMP CAN'T SWIM".)
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