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12 years on Mars - Amazing Photos - pinkoos - 01-27-2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/01/12-years-on-mars/431571/
Re: 12 years on Mars - Amazing Photos - archipirata - 01-27-2016
Those are great. You can really see the dust build up on the solar panels in one of the shots.
Re: 12 years on Mars - Amazing Photos - Paul F. - 01-27-2016
(Written for Spirit, applies to Opportunity)
Re: 12 years on Mars - Amazing Photos - DP - 01-27-2016
Amazing that at least one is still going when they were designed to last three months. Opportunity is still at it:
http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/
Re: 12 years on Mars - Amazing Photos - Kraniac - 01-27-2016
Really cool, thanks.
Re: 12 years on Mars - Amazing Photos - sekker - 01-28-2016
25 - awesome!
Re: 12 years on Mars - Amazing Photos - graylocks - 01-28-2016
Paul F, that cartoon always makes me a little weepy. poor Spirit.
Re: 12 years on Mars - Amazing Photos - Paul F. - 01-28-2016
graylocks wrote:
Paul F, that cartoon always makes me a little weepy. poor Spirit.
Not me... *cough*... I, uh, just have something in my eye...
Just imagine Opportunity... wintering again in a Martian dust storm. Being sandblasted, waiting for spring... to find out if it's aging solar panels will be able to give it another year of power.
And yes, I anthropomorphize some machines.
... Just something in my eye...