While the way this is portrayed is a bit sad, I prefer to looking at it as a device that has worked well beyond its specs. The orginal mission was supposed to last a few months, not six years!
What's more, the rover will still be functioning for a time as a stationary observation platform, marking a fixed point on mars that can help determine some things about Mars' orbit.
What saddens/annoys me more is the way our current administration is abandoning the space program. The manned moon program has been cut. $700 billion to bail out banks that can't manage their own money? Sure. $300 billion to revamp the health care system? No problem. $14 billion for NASA? Can't do it.
Meanwhile, India has announced that it plans to have a manned mission by 2016. China has an established manned space program. These are two countries that have claimed to be developing nations, so are exempt from the Kyoto Accords. They're developing alright. They're developing manned space programs that will soon be more advanced than that of the US!
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I mean lobe! MIRROR NEURONS! I HAVE MIRROR NEURONS!
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What's more, the rover will still be functioning for a time as a stationary observation platform, marking a fixed point on mars that can help determine some things about Mars' orbit.
What saddens/annoys me more is the way our current administration is abandoning the space program. The manned moon program has been cut. $700 billion to bail out banks that can't manage their own money? Sure. $300 billion to revamp the health care system? No problem. $14 billion for NASA? Can't do it.
Meanwhile, India has announced that it plans to have a manned mission by 2016. China has an established manned space program. These are two countries that have claimed to be developing nations, so are exempt from the Kyoto Accords. They're developing alright. They're developing manned space programs that will soon be more advanced than that of the US!
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