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Where are Those Little Green Squeegees When You Need Them?
First Phoenix, next Spirit?
A dust storm on Mars has cut into the amount of sunlight reaching the solar array on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, leaving the rover in a vulnerable state.
I hope Ellen's evergreen "rule of threes" doesn't apply, because I think there were only three functioning probes on the surface of Mars in September. By December there might not be any.
Since they've only outlived their projected service life by something like 9,000%, that's not too shabby, no?
Posted by: ronaprhys on November 12, 2008 11:58 AM