NASA Makes Progress Fixing One Mars Rover, Another Ready to Land

Nasa ^ | 01-24) 17:57 PST PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- | ANDREW BRIDGES, AP Science Writer

[Bad~Rodeo]

As a NASA rover sped toward a late-night landing on Mars, its identical twin was on the mend Saturday after abruptly malfunctioning days into its mission to search for evidence the Red Planet once could have supported life.

Engineers said they were closing in on the root of the problem that led the Spirit rover to spew gibberish and beeps instead of science and engineering data. They brought stability to the six-wheeled vehicle by disabling its flash memory, which is similar to the memory digital cameras use to store pictures, said Orlando Figueroa, director of NASA's Mars exploration program.

[Bad~Rodeo]

~Everyone Look-Up....G-dSpeed~

[Revel]

I guess I won't be using my digital camera on Mars.

[Guillermo]

"I am completely confident, without any hesitation, that I think we will get that rover back to full operation," Elachi said.

Not really saying much!

[Viking2002]

Amen, and Godspeed, Opportunity.

How long do you think it will be before the Left will demand that NASA change it's terminology from 'cripple mode' to 'cybernetically challenged'? LMAO :-)

[Bad~Rodeo]

LOL~....Only if you can prove that Dean was having a reaction to Viagra during his I HAVE A SCREAM speech....L~

[JohnnyZ]

"The rover has been upgraded from critical to serious."

This is both hugh AND series!

[antaresequity]

live thread on the landing here

Live Thread Here

[CasearianDaoist]

hehehe...just wait until they start building motherships.

[MedicalMess]

I once operated like the Rover after I wrecked a motorcycle giving myself a closed head injury that was then complicated by a clostridium difficile brain infection.

[Wooly]

I keep telling people that this thing probably has more 22 caliber bullet holes in it than a Stop Sign in Arkansas. Those Martians just wanna be left alone.

[Defiant]

How dare they land a second Rover when the important job of fixing the first Rover remains unfinished? How typical of this administration!