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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:40 AM Original message |
RIP to the Mars 'Spirit' Rover (which failed to "wakeup" from battery saving mode) |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. SIX YEARS! it seems like six months. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. aw. so cute. SNIFFLE! |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. I cannot believe how long they lasted. |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Job well done! n.t |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. obligatory xkcd |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Got to love xkcd. |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. I posted the morning of landing six years ago, and got TORE A NEW ONE by DU... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 06:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. why the deuce would anyone bitch about progress, science, and space |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. No idea... I was thunderously attacked by many for supporting the Space program... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. 'Cause this is DU... |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. ARE THEY JUST GOING TO LET IT DIE??? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Spirit is little more than an observation & weather monitoring post now anyway. |
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localroger (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They actually have high hopes |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. it's time for NASA to retool from expensive manned exploration to robotics. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. NASA gets fractions of a penny on the Federal dollar. And we can have both. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Some people can't see the big picture. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. So? An asteroid MAY someday send humans back to the stone age. Reductionists |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. 100 years ago they thought manned space filight would never happen. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. No civilization before now has used up the available resources like we have.. |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:37 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Forget the "stone age" argument, any disaster that can destroy our technological civilization... |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 03:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. What the hell are you talking about? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. No, read it again. Someday an asteroid WILL hit the earth, again. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Totally agree. The benefits to human society will come with ever better optics, robotics |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. You don't agree with me. I support both a vigorous manned AND unmanned space program. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. The farther out we send rovers, the longer it takes |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 04:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Hear, hear! |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. ...and some people in this thread want corporations to do the space exploration |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Agree, I thought with the success of this mission we would start rolling |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. self delete |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. So much for change, Mr. Obama. |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. SPIRIT HAS BEEN TRAPPED IN A PIT FOR ALMOST A YEAR. This is no surprise. nt |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. That thing is beautiful. Thanks guys. /nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thank you, NASA, and everyone involved. What a wonderful project. Well done, Rover! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's worth remembering, the operational lifespan for those guys was 30 days. |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. Where's the Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator when you need her? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. RIP, Spirit! You did good! |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. That'll do, rover |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
36. /mourn |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
37. Ah Man! I'm gonna miss that little guy, he took a lick'n & kept on tick'n till he stopped... |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
38. Probably Destroyed by Decepticons |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
40. I hope a new set of batteries will jump start it all over again |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
42. Exceptional work from the guys at NASA. This is where our money should go, not M16s. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
43. What an amazing piece of engineering... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-06-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
44. Our own little WALL-E. :) nt |
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