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FredicvsMaximvs
11/16/09

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This sounds like a job for SPACEBAT! #space
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PotteryBarnClearanceSale
11/15/09

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Even if this fails, it isn't a loss since both rovers are so far over their expected mission life everything at this point is a bonus.

The Mars rovers transformed me from a NASA critic to a super supporter. #space
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Pessimippopotamus
11/14/09

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Awwwwwwwww. The Mars Rovers are the original Wall-Es. #space
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negated: has star powah
11/14/09

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I'm thinking, in this case we have a perfectly good opportunity to take spirit out back like old yeller... #space
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badhatharry
11/14/09

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I would have gone with some reverse Springsteen.

...Trade in these wheels for some wings... #space
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Software_Goddess
11/14/09

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"I think I can… I think I can… I think I can" #space
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Calzo
11/14/09

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Send Bear Gryls out. He'll survive. #space
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LeighAegyptus
11/14/09

@Calzo: I think you meant to say Les "Survivorman" Straub. It'd get crowded in the rocket capsule with all of Bear's camera crew, caterers, handlers, etc.
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Lengis
11/14/09

@Calzo: Only if there's a hotel nearby. #space
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Caeruleas
11/14/09

@Calzo: Not without his crew.

Send Les Stroud. #space
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strider_mt2k
11/15/08

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Loves me some interplanetary robots.

Go JPL!
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Xjep
11/14/08

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Why not have the panel at an angle so the sand would fall off
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Gilbert Tang Jr.
11/14/08

@Xjep: Or, you know, windshield wipers.
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Sean Harrington
11/14/08

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Umm, can't they put frikkin' windshield wipers or something on those solar cells? How about a device that moves them vertically (thus collecting less dust), facing the direction most likely to collect the greatest amount of light?

Or just train it to shake itself from head to toe like a dog does to dry off...
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Rabid Penguin
11/14/08

@Sean Harrington: If the cells were vertical they would have to keep rotating in order to always face the sun. More moving parts = more points of failure. That especially holds true if it had to shake itself. Why not just laminate the rover.
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Anonymoose
11/14/08

@Rabid Penguin: why not laminate the rover? because then it get's the rep of being all into latex and that s&m stuff, and it'll never be able to face its parents again. that's one of the hardest stereotypes for high-grade rovers to shake.
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Rabid Penguin
11/14/08

@Anonymoose: That's the question the rover has to answer for itself I guess... either die with dignity, or live with shame. In fact, we should all ask ourselves which we would rather do before walking around in public wrapped in saran wrap.
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manduvi
11/14/08

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let's hope it lives for more years, I love these robots.
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LiquidGravity
11/14/08

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This was a triumph.

I'm making a note here:

HUGE SUCCESS.

It's hard to overstate

my satisfaction.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

We do what we must

because we can.

For the good of all of us.

Except the ones who are dead.

But there's no sense crying

over every mistake.

You just keep on trying

till you run out of cake.

And the Science gets done.

And you make a neat gun.

For the people who are

still alive.

I'm not even angry.

I'm being so sincere right now.

Even though you broke my heart.

And killed me.

And tore me to pieces.

And threw every piece into a fire.

As they burned it hurt because

I was so happy for you!

Now these points of data

make a beautiful line.

And we're out of beta.

We're releasing on time.

So I'm glad I got burned.

Think of all the things we learned

for the people who are

still alive.

Go ahead and leave me.

I think i prefer to stay inside.

maybe you'll find someone else

to help you.

maybe European Space Agency...

THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE.

Anyway this cake is great.

It's so delicious and moist

look at me still talking when there's science to do

when i look out there

it makes me glad I'm not you

I've experiments to run

there is research to be done

on the people who are

still alive.

and believe me I am still alive

I'm doing science and I'm still alive

i feel fantastic and I'm still alive

while your dying ill be still alive

and when your dead i will be still alive

still alive

still alive
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Rabid Penguin
11/14/08

@LiquidGravity: clever...
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Rabid Penguin
11/14/08

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Why don't they just design their next rover to be powered off of wind and sand? It can crap out castles as waste.
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