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03 Jan 09 - 01:06 PM (#2530567) Subject: BS: Rover! From: GUEST,beardedbruce (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 |
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03 Jan 09 - 01:26 PM (#2530595) Subject: RE: BS: Rover! From: Amos MArvelous, persistent, excellence in engineering. Nothing beats it. A |
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03 Jan 09 - 08:05 PM (#2530863) Subject: RE: BS: Rover! From: Bee-dubya-ell Those may be the only two Rovers in history to have given five years of trouble-free service. |
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03 Jan 09 - 10:08 PM (#2530925) Subject: RE: BS: Rover! From: katlaughing That is so neat, Bruce, thanks! |
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03 Jan 09 - 10:14 PM (#2530928) Subject: RE: BS: Rover! From: Rapparee 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. |
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04 Jan 09 - 05:53 PM (#2531531) Subject: RE: BS: Rover! From: skipy A hose split on my Rover 400 diesel today, so I have had to arrange a lift to work in the morning! Skipy |