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JohnBoucher
03-01-2008, 04:04
Congratulations to NASA on Spirits 4 Earth years on Mars.
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/home/index.html
They just keep going and going and going..........
Leav
03-01-2008, 05:41
I was just subtitling a video for the Israeli kickoff about the mars rovers and I wanted to calculate how much time it's been on mars and it turned out to be like 3.99 years so I looked it up and I realized it's 4 years today!

If you check out this video I think that you can find a *slight* correlation to FIRST:
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/video/movies/spirit/OneYearOnMars.mov
or mpeg version:
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/video/movies/spirit/UphillBackwards.mpg

-Leav
Graham Donaldson
03-01-2008, 09:51
Congrats to Spirit, NASA, and Dave for keeping his car working for four years!
billbo911
03-01-2008, 12:00
This is a real testament to what good engineering can achieve.
Congratulations Dave and NASA!

To those two, I salute you!:)
dlavery
03-01-2008, 14:31
:D


That is all I have to say.

-dave
Kingofl337
03-01-2008, 15:07
What about Opportunity? Isn't it still going?
JohnBoucher
03-01-2008, 15:08
What about Opportunity? Isn't it still going?

January 25th is it's landing date. Yes it's still running.
Kingofl337
03-01-2008, 15:16
Didn't realize they were spaced so far apart, I thought it was more like days :). Very cool
Schnabel
03-01-2008, 15:17
January 25th is it's landing date. Yes it's still running.

That's good to hear because I remember the scare a few months ago when we though we were going to loose it.
DUCKIE
03-01-2008, 18:35
Sounds like it's time for a new shirt Dave.

Might I reccomend one of the following slogans...
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"Your car might be a hybrid, but mine's on Mars!"

"In Marvin the Martian and Duck Dodgers we trust."

"400lbs Twins, 4 years of driving, and NO pitstops. Now THAT's Impressive!"

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