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Space/Science » in reply to re: Bad news. - Expected to only work for five years, it did well for seventeen years!

One wonders if the MER rovers will last that long.

Jacob — 2/24/2008 8:09:52 PM (archived)

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Bad news. - Jacob - 2/23/2008 11:52:18 PM
- re: Bad news. - Expected to only work for five years, it did well for seventeen years! - Marcia - 2/24/2008 1:40:38 AM
  - One wonders if the MER rovers will last that long. (n/t) - Jacob - 2/24/2008 8:09:52 PM
    - I don't see how they could. - REB - 2/25/2008 7:16:26 PM
      - re: I don't see how they could. - Delbert - 2/26/2008 1:24:36 AM
        
        re: I don't see how they could. - Yes. - Marcia - 2/26/2008 1:35:52 AM
      - Check the BATTERIY re-charge cycles - carl - 2/25/2008 9:23:21 PM
  - I hope they'll get all the data they need from the last solar fly-by. (n/t) - Marcia - 2/24/2008 1:41:36 AM
    - re: ... solar North polar fly-by. (n/t) - Marcia - 2/24/2008 1:42:32 AM
      - Interstellar Dust Inside and Outside the Heliosphere - Socrates II - 2/27/2008 7:38:23 PM

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