Spirit Rover End of Life?

[Whippet]

Originally Posted by dlavery

I don't know why, but for some reason this newspaper from Tennessee is reprinting a JPL press release from five years ago. The Spirit rover shut down in 2010, and we stopped trying to contact her long ago. The Opportunity and Curiosity rovers continue on (currently at Sol 4217 and 1184, respectively).

-dave


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That really helps to explain this line from the article:

MSL is scheduled to launch later this year.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Sorry about that, LinkedIn sent me the message with an indication it was a Dave Lavery announcement. Article is dated Nov 30, 2015. On another note, has anyone noticed the increasing amount of news that is contradictory and misspelled?

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Whippet

That really helps to explain this line from the article:
MSL is scheduled to launch later this year

I thought this was odd as well. I didn't comment on it because I figured I was missing something and I didn't want to appear flawed on chiefdelphi, lest the vultures descend.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Taylor

I thought this was odd as well. I didn't comment on it because I figured I was missing something and I didn't want to appear flawed on chiefdelphi, lest the vultures descend.

Emperors new clothes?