Yeah guys, it's amazing, the similarities between the two places when you look from a certain distance with one eye closed while jumping on one leg, dropping acid and listening to the music go "Untss Untss Untss" during a rave party.
I jest of course. #space
Wow... stunning images! But also, when buried 30 meters under the surface of either planet, at the poles, they are eerily and uncannily similar as well. #space
The rovers have performed magnificently. Imagine what an updated version could accomplish if it was controlled directly from a long-term base on the planet. #mars
@CoHPhasor: Oh, man, did you ever get that right! I bet you could graph disasters versus percentage of farmed-out fabrication and get a very pretty line. #mars
"we must remind ourselves these rovers were built for 90-day missions. Spirit is currently going on five years, nine months. "
maybe that means Mars is not quite as inhospitable as we thought. Maybe, just maybe, we should be a little more optimistic with regard to our ability to survive. #mars
You know, when I'm old and feeble, I will probably take a day trip from the senior center to see these bad boys at the Smithsonian. Because I hope they get picked up and brought back home. They deserve a return trip. #mars
At this point, who cares? Mission accomplished. We flew robots to mars, had all of them land and function correctly, and had them function of years when they were supposed to only last for 90 days. And to add to it all NASA was one of the few federal agencies that got its budget severely slashed during the last president's term.
Its really a shame that the common tax payer won't give a shit until China, Japan, or India, Russia or the EU try to do something cool. Watch when Japan gets that space based solar power system into orbit. Suddenly we'll be neck deep in space race syndrome. #mars
@ddhboy: It is unfortunate that the common tax payer doesn't give two shits unless a NASA mission involves explosions (not counting the big continuous one at the beginning of each one) or human landings... #mars
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I jest of course. #space
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...did somebody say "acid" and "rave party"? #space
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The Rovers are proof positive that NASA should keep their tech builds in-house! #mars
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maybe that means Mars is not quite as inhospitable as we thought. Maybe, just maybe, we should be a little more optimistic with regard to our ability to survive. #mars
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Flash memory is not a magnetic storage medium and thus magnets do nothing to the contents stored in it.
A martian with a EMI gun on the other hand... #mars
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Its really a shame that the common tax payer won't give a shit until China, Japan, or India, Russia or the EU try to do something cool. Watch when Japan gets that space based solar power system into orbit. Suddenly we'll be neck deep in space race syndrome. #mars
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Damn, they're on to me. #mars
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