Spirt and Opportunity Mission Thread

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

So a month in (Sol 33) for Spirit, and its about to be back to full function again after reformating part of its flash memory today. Tomorrow they plan to use the RAT on the rock Adirondack after about two weeks of the flash problem.

In preparation for the RAT procedure, today Spirit used the brush on the front of the RAT to clean and prepare the surface of the rock Adirondack. VERY surprising results. To be made public in the next day or three. Keep your eyes on this space!

-dave

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by dlavery

In preparation for the RAT procedure, today Spirit used the brush on the front of the RAT to clean and prepare the surface of the rock Adirondack. VERY surprising results. To be made public in the next day or three. Keep your eyes on this space!

-dave

Oh, c'mon Dave! You can tell us. It will stay "between friends", here on ChiefDelphi. No one will ever know!

Then again, I can see the headlines:

"Life on Mars Proof Leaked on Popular FIRST Discussion Website"

Andy B.

[MissInformation]

One of my co-workers has her 5 year old granddaughter with her today. They've been following the mission together since the first landing, and while her granddaughter doesn't fully comprehend it, she's learning a lot. She still thinks the rovers are just toys for big people (and maybe she's not too far off on that) but she's learned and accepted that other planets exist and it is possible to reach and explore them. We've set her up at a computer today and hooked her up to the kids Mars page, and she's now happily playing games (I think she's still playing the one where you get to choose ten things to take to Mars). We had to chase the other adults out of there or they would be playing the games...

Heidi