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    Image of PotteryBarnClearanceSale PotteryBarnClearanceSale
    12:18 AM

    In reply to Spirit Rover Ready to Take...Those Sunken Wheels...
    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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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/14/09

    In reply to Spirit Rover Ready to Take...Those Sunken Wheels...
    Awwwwwwwww. The Mars Rovers are the original Wall-Es. #space
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    Image of negated: has star powah negated: has star powah
    11/14/09

    In reply to Spirit Rover Ready to Take...Those Sunken Wheels...
    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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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/14/09

    In reply to Spirit Rover Ready to Take...Those Sunken Wheels...
    I would have gone with some reverse Springsteen.

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

    In reply to Spirit Rover Ready to Take...Those Sunken Wheels...
    "I think I can… I think I can… I think I can" #space
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    Image of Calzo Calzo
    11/14/09

    In reply to Spirit Rover Ready to Take...Those Sunken Wheels...
    Send Bear Gryls out. He'll survive. #space
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    Image of LeighAegyptus 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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    Image of Lengis Lengis
    11/14/09

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

    @Calzo: Not without his crew.

    Send Les Stroud. #space
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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 JCWhitless JCWhitless
    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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