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JohnBoucher
01-25-2008, 07:46 AM
Amazing. Both rovers are four earth years old.
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Congrats NASA
Jeff Waegelin
01-25-2008, 11:16 AM
But how old are they in Martian years? ;)

(2.12, by my calculation...)
dlavery
01-25-2008, 12:48 PM
As of noon (UTC) today, Spirit and Opportunity are 1444 and 1423 sols (Martian days) old, respectively. And they are both acting quite spry for their ages. :)

-dave
Elgin Clock
01-25-2008, 04:34 PM
Ahahahahaha!!! Has anyone ever seen the launch patches for those 2 rovers?

Awesome!!!

Spirit:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Nasa_mer_marvin.jpg/250px-Nasa_mer_marvin.jpg


Opportunity:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Nasa_mer_daffy.jpg/250px-Nasa_mer_daffy.jpg


Congrats to Dave and the rest of the crew over at NASA that made the past 4 years possible over there on the red planet! :cool:
JaneYoung
01-27-2008, 06:25 PM
Congrats to Dave and the rest of the crew over at NASA that made the past 4 years possible over there on the red planet!

They've got a lot of soul. Get it? soul - sol....see?

Congratulations and here's to more nail biting adventures.