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The Mars Opportunity rover was planned to last only 92 days but lasted about 5200 (~14 years). I think many NASA programs have short expected timelines and then
by jimkleiber 5y ago
The Mars Opportunity rover was planned to last only 92 days but lasted about 5200 (~14 years). I think many NASA programs have short expected timelines and then hopefully outlast them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_(rover) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_(rover)
- nindalf 5y agoThe Spirit rover did very well too - https://xkcd.com/695/ https://xkcd.com/695/
- jimkleiber 5y agoAhhh XKCD, my heart! I hadn't seen this one, thank you for sharing.