> Seems shortsighted to end this mission after 30 days. At this point, NASA is getting rather famous for this. Opportunity had a 90 day mission that survived f

> Seems shortsighted to end this mission after 30 days. At this point, NASA is getting rather famous for this. Opportunity had a 90 day mission that survived for nearly fifteen years. Curiosity, a much bigger and more complicated machine, is still doing science 8.5 years later.