Thread: Opportunity Is Preparing To Descend Into The Victoria Crater
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Re: Opportunity Is Preparing To Descend Into The Victoria Crater
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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo View Post
If it gets stuck down there, all they need to do is get a few of the better 2006 drivers together. Ours climbed the ramp with only 3 wheels!

They could have designed them to last forever... but they had a budget. And weight restrictions. (sound familiar?). So at least 90 days was the lower limit.

Yes, they just did a really good job with the resources they were permitted, and also had a bit of luck, and so here we are 3 years later and still running. If I was a betting man, I'd bet there's a pool at JPL as to which component proves the be the crippling element. (I think it'll get smooshed by a meteor. In 2013. Unlikely, but then nobody has to eat their hat 'cause their system is the one...)

Don
My money would be on any system that Dave didn't have his hand on.
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