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  1. 01-25-2014, 18:41 #1
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    Default Happy 10th Birthday Opportunity Rover


    [QUOTE]On January 25 (UT) 2004, the Opportunity rover fell to Mars, making today the 10th anniversary of its landing. After more than 3,500 sols (Mars solar days) the golf cart-sized robot from Earth is still actively exploring the Red Planet, though its original mission plan was for three months. This self-portrait was made with Opportunity's panoramic camera earlier this month. The camera's supporting mast has been edited out of the image mosaic but its shadow is visible on the dusty solar panels arrayed across the rover's deck. For comparison, a similar self-portrait from late 2004 is shown in the inset. Having driven some 39 kilometers (24 miles) from its landing site, Opportunity now rests at Solander Point at the rim of Endeavour Crater. [/QUOTE]

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    It's lost 1 wheel and has some bent up structural damage, but damnit, it won't give up.

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    So it went to Mars and took a selfie?
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    Very cool stuff!
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    Still, this is not as impressive as as making a solar landing round trip in 18 hours...........

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    Quote Originally Posted by SideShow Bob View Post
    Still, this is not as impressive as as making a solar landing round trip in 18 hours...........

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    Yeah but did Gong get a "selfie" of himself, on the sun, at night?

    I didn't think so.
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    You will be hard pressed to find much that has given the US the return on investment more than the Mars Rover Program.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave View Post
    You will be hard pressed to find much that has given the US the return on investment more than the Mars Rover Program.
    That is quite debatable. The return to economy or day to day lives has been low. We now know much more about Mars but so what? Once we got past satellites the return dropped off fast.
    I think our automated space probe program is a huge success but the libertarian in me keeps asking why we make people that don't care pay for it.
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    The exploratory missions haven't all been so successful.

    For example...Mars Probe Lost Due to Simple Math Error

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