On the other hand

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On the other hand

E.P. — 10/30/2008 8:49:04 PM (archived)

the little rovers have beat the Energizer bunny - and I'm sure some US battery company would love ot be bragging about that.

So the question is, given the amount of money that it took to place this probe on Mars, why was it not designed for a longer lifetime in the first place?

Ye (cheap) old grouch

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Phoenix near the end - Raoul - 10/30/2008 4:07:38 PM
- On the other hand - E.P. - 10/30/2008 8:49:04 PM
  - re: On the other hand - Doug Ellison - 10/31/2008 3:32:42 PM
    - re: On the other hand - gbaikie - 10/31/2008 4:00:06 PM
      - Thermal Cycles - Doug Ellison - 10/31/2008 4:19:50 PM
        
        Isn't it MPL reborn? - dtb - 10/31/2008 6:54:34 PM
        
        Both - Doug Ellison - 10/31/2008 8:01:35 PM
  - Survivable polar probe - TB - 10/30/2008 9:36:11 PM
    - So are we going to miss out on another chance to hear the winds of Mars? - Socrates II - 10/30/2008 11:18:29 PM
      - Phoenix goes quiet - Socrates II - 10/31/2008 3:03:26 AM
        
        re: Phoenix goes quiet - gbaikie - 10/31/2008 2:18:28 PM

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