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R.I.P Opportunity
February 13, 2019 at 7:09 pm
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Mars Opportunity Rover Officially Dead
Quote:One of the great exploration stories of our time is officially over.
NASA declared its dead today (Feb. 13), more than eight months after the solar-powered robot went silent during a raging dust storm on the Red Planet — and a day after the final calls to wake Oppy up went unanswered.
"I declare the Opportunity mission as complete, and with it the Mars Exploration Rover mission complete," Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said today during an event at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
The mission was meant to last 90 days. It lasted fifteen years.
A bargain at twice the price.
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RE: R.I.P Opportunity
February 13, 2019 at 7:35 pm
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(February 13, 2019 at 7:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Mars Opportunity Rover Officially Dead
Quote:One of the great exploration stories of our time is officially over.
NASA declared its dead today (Feb. 13), more than eight months after the solar-powered robot went silent during a raging dust storm on the Red Planet — and a day after the final calls to wake Oppy up went unanswered.
"I declare the Opportunity mission as complete, and with it the Mars Exploration Rover mission complete," Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said today during an event at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
The mission was meant to last 90 days. It lasted fifteen years.
A bargain at twice the price.
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RE: R.I.P Opportunity
February 13, 2019 at 7:41 pm
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MOR didn't die. It just roved to a better place.
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RE: R.I.P Opportunity
February 13, 2019 at 7:41 pm
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Send the humans!
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RE: R.I.P Opportunity
February 13, 2019 at 8:19 pm
Why didn't NASA just pay the extra $80 and buy the better Chinese solar panels with the 20 year warranty 
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RE: R.I.P Opportunity
February 13, 2019 at 8:25 pm
(February 13, 2019 at 8:19 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Why didn't NASA just pay the extra $80 and buy the better Chinese solar panels with the 20 year warranty Tariffs.
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RE: R.I.P Opportunity
February 13, 2019 at 10:29 pm
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(February 13, 2019 at 7:35 pm)Brian37 Wrote: (February 13, 2019 at 7:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Mars Opportunity Rover Officially Dead
The mission was meant to last 90 days. It lasted fifteen years.
A bargain at twice the price.
Boru
Sorry, I hate Communists, thus the Red Planet.....
And if you must know, I'm the king of cornball, there is none lower, other MC's will call me slower.
Let me know what drug you are using, so I can be sure to avoid it.
(February 13, 2019 at 7:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Mars Opportunity Rover Officially Dead
Quote:One of the great exploration stories of our time is officially over.
NASA declared its dead today (Feb. 13), more than eight months after the solar-powered robot went silent during a raging dust storm on the Red Planet — and a day after the final calls to wake Oppy up went unanswered.
"I declare the Opportunity mission as complete, and with it the Mars Exploration Rover mission complete," Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said today during an event at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
The mission was meant to last 90 days. It lasted fifteen years.
A bargain at twice the price.
Boru
A bargain at a shit load more than twice! 
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RE: R.I.P Opportunity
February 14, 2019 at 2:08 pm
A big well done to all the engineers involved 
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RE: R.I.P Opportunity
February 14, 2019 at 3:27 pm
Its last words were literally: "My battery is low and it's getting dark."
Damn.
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RE: R.I.P Opportunity
February 27, 2019 at 6:20 pm
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Let us all share a moment of silence. Thank you little robot, May your circuits reach the glorious motherboard.
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