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Off topic. I like to imagine that when we start to colonize mars, our two robots will be recovered and put on display in reverence. Someplace where everyone can
by RevRal 17y ago
Off topic. I like to imagine that when we start to colonize mars, our two robots will be recovered and put on display in reverence. Someplace where everyone can see them, much like the statues of important human figures.
I've been following these guys for so long, so this is really awesome/sad.
- riffic 17y agothree rovers, don't forget Sojourner.
- aerique 17y agoSame here. I'm so impressed these have been in operation for 6 years!
- rimantas 17y agoIt is even more impressive keeping in mind that the planned duration for the mission was three months (90 sols, to be precise).
- tomjen2 17y agoI certainly hope so - every time I hear that spirit has gotten stuck I feel so sad. Its illogical, but the way they soldier on is so inspiring.
- prodigal_erik 17y agoMuch like a moment from a Baxter(?) novel I found very stirring. It describes a small world, completely terraformed except for a domed patch of gray sand and vacuum. The dome was built to preserve an ancient spacecraft named Eagle and the footprints of its crew.
- mnemonicsloth 17y agoFurther off-topic: My college robotics professor used to go on and on about how incredible it was that the Mars rovers had lasted twice as long as in the spec. He was from Glasgow and had a really thick Scottish accent, and he was obsessed with Daryl Hannah's character in Blade Runner. He used to say "Noow tha' theer... tha's a sexxeh rrowb't." At some point, he decided that Spirit and Opportunity were "sexxeh" as well.