Shreveport.com - The Little Rover that could

Shreveport.com (http://www.shreveport.com/forums/index.php)

- Science & Technology (http://www.shreveport.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=53)

- - The Little Rover that could (http://www.shreveport.com/forums/showthread.php?t=322)

The Little Rover that could

Don't know about you all.. but I'm amazed that those rovers we sent to Mars.. just keep on Truckin' Originally designed to last a couple of months and travel a few hundred yards.. They've now lasted almost 3 years and have both traveled for miles, taking pictures of the Martian Landscape.

Quote:

It is the little Rover that could — a little cosmic riding lawn mower that is about to unlock Victoria's secret.

When NASA landed the two Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, on Mars in 2004, they were expected to last 90 days at most.

But more than 900 days later, they are still going strong.

Full Story

I'm pretty amazed as well Bob. I check in to their website every couple of months to see if they are still truckin'. I think "Scotty" must have been the chief engineer on this one. Whoever it was, I hope he/she got a raise!

Aye' Captn' , don't know how much more they can take !

http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads...04/320x240.jpg