Mars rovers still operational and still kicking butt

[HomeBrewerDude]

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Spirit has been repaired and has given a martian rock a big noogie.

Oppurtunity is approaching martian bedrock.


I am starting to suspect these rovers will remain operational for many months.

link to jpl page and press releases.

 

[conjur]

YES!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Yossarian]

it's so cool that they can fix stuff from millions of light years away! (ok not that far but still )

 

[Viper GTS]

Nothing like an interplanetary FFR.



Viper GTS

 

[Kenazo]

now we just need ben affleck to attempt to jump one across a huge chasm. or who did that in armageddon?

 

[zimu]

thats awesome,
hope there's some big discovery that will renew the public's interest in this!

 

[Shawn]

To my understanding the only problem with Sprit was that it was had been continuously writing data onto it's flash memory which it observed on it's trip to mars. They seemed to forget that they had a limited amount of storage space and since no data was ever deleted the rover's software kept crashing everytime it tried to write data because the flash memory had become full. They were eventually able to get the rover to delete enough data to become operational again. I think they now have it setup to delete old data so it does not run out of space again.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
now we just need ben affleck to attempt to jump one across a huge chasm. or who did that in armageddon?

Yeah, that was affleck.

 

[phantom309]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder

Originally posted by: Kenazo
now we just need ben affleck to attempt to jump one across a huge chasm. or who did that in armageddon?

Yeah, that was affleck.

Yep, the sooner we shoot him and J Lo off into space, the happier we'll all be.

 

[Ogg]

Heres one of the last frames released before Spirit went "down" due to flash memory "issues"........
Yeah its from some conspiracy types


It has been masked.....hmmmmmmm

What about that...eh?

 

[FFactory0x]

Originally posted by: Ogg
Heres one of the last frames released before Spirit went "down" due to flash memory "issues"........
Yeah its from some conspiracy types


It has been masked.....hmmmmmmm

What about that...eh?

Whats the conspiracy

 

[AgentEL]

Originally posted by: Ogg
Heres one of the last frames released before Spirit went "down" due to flash memory "issues"........
Yeah its from some conspiracy types


It has been masked.....hmmmmmmm

What about that...eh?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: FFactory0x

Originally posted by: Ogg
Heres one of the last frames released before Spirit went "down" due to flash memory "issues"........
Yeah its from some conspiracy types


It has been masked.....hmmmmmmm

What about that...eh?

Whats the conspiracy

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: iloveme2

Originally posted by: FFactory0x

Originally posted by: Ogg
Heres one of the last frames released before Spirit went "down" due to flash memory "issues"........
Yeah its from some conspiracy types


It has been masked.....hmmmmmmm

What about that...eh?

Whats the conspiracy

What the fvck is that supposed to be a picture of?

Anyway, have either of the rovers gunned down any Martians yet? How do they plan to get the trophy heads back to Earth?

 

[ScottyB]

Is it just me or do all the pics look like they were made in 3d Studio Max? Maybe it is just the curvature of the lens.

 

[Ogg]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: iloveme2

Originally posted by: FFactory0x

Originally posted by: Ogg
Heres one of the last frames released before Spirit went "down" due to flash memory "issues"........
Yeah its from some conspiracy types


It has been masked.....hmmmmmmm

What about that...eh?

Whats the conspiracy

What the fvck is that supposed to be a picture of?

Anyway, have either of the rovers gunned down any Martians yet? How do they plan to get the trophy heads back to Earth?

What these guys are saying is that jpl masked whatever was seen on that "rock". I didnt say I bought it, just posting useful nef material.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Glad to see nannybooboo's ill-wishing proved wrong.

Go NASA!

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

picture of parachute and top shell

thats about 440 meters away.

 

[matt426malm]

Originally posted by: ScottyB
Is it just me or do all the pics look like they were made in 3d Studio Max? Maybe it is just the curvature of the lens.

theyre intentionally like that

 

[conjur]

New pic and article:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0001B7EE-55E4-1029-95E483414B7F0000

 

[amnesiac]

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[ThePresence]

I think this is one of the coolest things ever. They're freaking driving a car (well, not quite - but STILL!) on another freaking planet. It's unreal.

 

[spliffstar69]

Originally posted by: zimu
thats awesome,
hope there's some big discovery that will renew the public's interest in this!

They would have to find Hot Martian babes to renew my interest.

 

[matt426malm]

Originally posted by: conjur
New pic and article:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0001B7EE-55E4-1029-95E483414B7F0000

interesting