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    NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia

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    Image of jfong91001 jfong91001
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    The two rovers have performed beyond what was asked of them. Horray for NASA for their excellent work!
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    Image of Counterglow Counterglow
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    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
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    Image of CoHPhasor CoHPhasor
    11/01/09

    @Counterglow: Yea,... IF they hadn't gotten all budget conscious and started using outside cheap contractors.

    The Rovers are proof positive that NASA should keep their tech builds in-house! #mars
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    Image of Counterglow Counterglow
    11/01/09

    @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
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    Image of Matthias Vandegaer Matthias Vandegaer
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    the things worked way beyond their expiration date, we need not mourn over them for they gave us way more bang for our buck than expected. #mars
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    Image of froggy froggy
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    "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
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    Image of LukeDukem LukeDukem
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    "My uneducated guess is a Martian is playing with a magnet."

    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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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    11/02/09

    @LukeDukem: Electromagnets screw with everything _ #mars
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    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
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    Image of ddhboy ddhboy
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    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
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    Image of DigitalSciGuy DigitalSciGuy
    11/01/09

    @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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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    'My uneducated guess is a Martian is playing with a magnet."

    Damn, they're on to me. #mars
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    Image of fryhole fryhole
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    6 years is pretty impressive. I don't think I've ever had electronics on Earth last that long.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    Its mind is going. It can feel it. #mars
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    Image of TheGZeus TheGZeus
    11/01/09

    @dingus: Something that always bothered me was that HAL sings 'A Bicycle Built for Two' and calls it 'Daisy'... #mars
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/01/09

    @TheGZeus: #mars
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/01/09

    In reply to NASA Mars Spirit Rover Has Recurring Case of Amnesia
    Jack, Jack, Jack... a Martian using magnets to muddle up flash memory? Come on, now... we all know that magnets won't have any effect on flash memory. :) #mars
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    Image of Jack Loftus Jack Loftus
    11/01/09

    @met2art: I said "uneducated" #mars
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    Image of madog madog
    11/01/09

    @met2art: BAM! #mars
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    Image of Fine Corinthian Leather Is Mandatory Fine Corinthian Leather Is Mandatory
    05/28/09

    In reply to Meet Trilobot, the Mars Spirit's Long Lost, Endearingly Stupid Third Cousin
    Why is NASA wasting a shit load of money on motherfucking Mars?
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    05/28/09

    @911Turbo: I never imagined Samuel L. driving a 911 Turbo, but what do I know.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/28/09

    @911Turbo: Because if they don't spend money on something, their funding will be cut, and there are only so many radar telescopes that they can build.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/28/09

    @911Turbo: So maybe we can find better ways to get off this motherfucking rock.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    05/28/09

    In reply to Meet Trilobot, the Mars Spirit's Long Lost, Endearingly Stupid Third Cousin
    I hope he includes a "kinetic art" trilobot swatter as an accessory.
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    01/04/09

    In reply to NASA Spirit Rover Celebrates Five Productive, Dusty Years On Mars
    I give a virtual toot of the horn in your general direction, Spirit. May our Spirit live on forever.
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