Tuesday, October 30, 2018

This is a good decision. Never abandon the little rover!

After a review of the progress of the listening campaign, NASA will continue its current strategy for attempting to make contact with the Opportunity rover for the foreseeable future. Winds could increase in the next few months at Opportunity's location on Mars, resulting in dust being blown off the rover's solar panels. The agency will reassess the situation in the January 2019 time frame.

4 comments:

  1. It can be rescued by the first manned mission in 2035.

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  2. Replies
    1. ...It's worse than dead, it's missing its brain!

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  3. NASA is famous for keeping people on the team while they wait for years to contact something in space. Great career opportunity.

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