To: LibWhacker
With the mission originally planned to last 90 days, the 5,111-day Oportunity mission is, perhaps, the best return-on-investment any government program has ever seen.
3 posted on
03/15/2019 1:29:08 AM PDT by
Taipei
To: Taipei
Engineers, programmers and scientists
vs
lawyers, sociologists and economists
4 posted on
03/15/2019 1:38:45 AM PDT by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Taipei
Try getting 5111 work days from Congress!!!!
5 posted on
03/15/2019 1:40:04 AM PDT by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."on't)
To: Taipei
Actually both Voyager missions have a much better return on investment then the Mars rover by decades.
To: Taipei
With the mission originally planned to last 90 days, the 5,111-day Oportunity mission is, perhaps, the best return-on-investment any government program has ever seen. Spirit did pretty well too. Spirit lasted around 7 years.
To: Taipei
"With the mission originally planned to last 90 days, the 5,111-day Oportunity mission is, perhaps, the best return-on-investment any government program has ever seen." You can mostly thank solid state electronics, chips.
29 posted on
03/15/2019 7:53:13 AM PDT by
blam
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