BS: Rover!

Subject: BS: Rover!
From: GUEST,beardedbruce
Date: 03 Jan 09 - 01:06 PM

(CNN) -- NASA's Mars rovers are celebrating their fifth birthday on the Red Planet -- exceeding their original life span by four years and nine months -- with no end yet in sight to their history-making work.

The rover Spirit landed on January 3, 2004, with Opportunity touching down 21 days later.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/03/mars.rovers.five.years/index.html

Subject: RE: BS: Rover!
From: Amos
Date: 03 Jan 09 - 01:26 PM

MArvelous, persistent, excellence in engineering. Nothing beats it.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Rover!
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 03 Jan 09 - 08:05 PM

Those may be the only two Rovers in history to have given five years of trouble-free service.

Subject: RE: BS: Rover!
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Jan 09 - 10:08 PM

That is so neat, Bruce, thanks!

Subject: RE: BS: Rover!
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Jan 09 - 10:14 PM

It shows that we CAN still do it.

Then again, maybe the Martians think they're cute little pets. If so, I hope they gently dust off the solar panels.

Subject: RE: BS: Rover!
From: skipy
Date: 04 Jan 09 - 05:53 PM

A hose split on my Rover 400 diesel today, so I have had to arrange a lift to work in the morning!
Skipy