Goodbye Spirit you served well!

Message boards : Science (non-SETI) : Goodbye Spirit you served well!

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Neil Blaikie Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 142 Credit: 5,566,899 RAC: 1	Message 1109626 - Posted: 25 May 2011, 14:21:09 UTC
	After Six years and more than 7km's on the Red Planet, NASA is putting the Mars Rover Spirit to sleep. Not bad for a project that was scheduled to last 3 months! [url]http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2011/05/24/science-spirit- mars-rover.html[/url] ____________
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8942 Credit: 36,611,342 RAC: 59,784	Message 1109653 - Posted: 25 May 2011, 16:10:28 UTC - in response to Message 1109626.
	your link isnt working so here's one from JPL http://marsrover.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20110524a.html ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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Dirk Villarreal Wittich Send message Joined: 25 Apr 00 Posts: 2098 Credit: 361,041 RAC: 205	Message 1109780 - Posted: 25 May 2011, 23:21:18 UTC
	It really has been an astonishing performance. Congratulations to the engineering team that made it possible and all the staff related to the project. I hope the next one (bigger and more complex) which will be sent at the end of this year will last as long as its predecessor did. It will be hard to beat this, though. Opportunity is still working, by the way. Amazing! ____________
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8942 Credit: 36,611,342 RAC: 59,784	Message 1109822 - Posted: 26 May 2011, 2:43:56 UTC - in response to Message 1109780.
	BTW only 2.5 more miles until Opportunity gets to the Endeavour crater. Current odometer reading 18.46 miles. FOr sale low mileage Rover... ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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Jason Safoutin Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 8 Sep 05 Posts: 1386 Credit: 200,389 RAC: 0	Message 1110736 - Posted: 28 May 2011, 12:08:02 UTC
	I was actually sad to see this rover die. I enjoyed watching its raw image data. But it did last longer than they could ever have hoped. I hope Opportunity can make it for at least one more year. ____________ "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3
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