Quite a scientific and engineering accomplishment, but it's dead Jim.
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02/13/2019 5:29:11 PM PST by
buckalfa
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To: buckalfa
15 years is FAR longer than they ever expected. Good work, JPL engineers!
2 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...
3 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!
4 posted on
02/13/2019 5:35:57 PM PST by
jmacusa
("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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.
6 posted on
02/13/2019 5:38:28 PM PST by
Godebert
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
9 posted on
02/13/2019 5:40:19 PM PST by
Moonman62
(Facts are racist.)
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
12 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: buckalfa
Oh well.
15 posted on
02/13/2019 5:43:59 PM PST by
Interesting Times
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To: buckalfa
It’s just waiting for a dust devil to clean it’s panels
To: buckalfa
So now we know AAA won’t travel to Mars for a dead battery.
20 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".)
To: buckalfa
Do you imagine it's just a coincidence that the Mars rover died on the same day as ... LYNDON LAROUCHE!!!!???
I don't think so ...
22 posted on
02/13/2019 6:01:40 PM PST by
IronJack
To: buckalfa
Opportunity's last message basically consisted of: "my battery is low and it's getting dark." Put that on my headstone.
24 posted on
02/13/2019 6:04:19 PM PST by
PGR88
To: buckalfa
bumped into the flag pole the appolo astronauts planted
25 posted on
02/13/2019 6:06:40 PM PST by
morphing libertarian
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To: SunkenCiv
26 posted on
02/13/2019 6:11:11 PM PST by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: buckalfa
The hover says "Thanks for bringing us along."
I got misty eyed.
Yeah. I'm a geek...
28 posted on
02/13/2019 6:13:00 PM PST by
null and void
(If socialism is so grand, why are Guatemalans coming here instead of going to Venezuela?)
To: buckalfa
Sheila Jackson Lee wants to know why we can’t have one of the moon rovers stop by and give it a jump start.
30 posted on
02/13/2019 6:16:18 PM PST by
skimbell
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33 posted on
02/13/2019 6:35:18 PM PST by
SIDENET
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34 posted on
02/13/2019 6:44:43 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
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