beecee Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 https://www.space.com/mars-rover-opportunity-declared-dead.html One of the great exploration stories of our time is officially over. NASA declared its Opportunity Mars rover dead today (Feb. 13), more than eight months after the solar-powered robot went silent during a raging dust storm on the Red Planet — and a day after the final calls to wake Oppy up went unanswered. "I declare the Opportunity mission as complete, and with it the Mars Exploration Rover mission complete," Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said today during an event at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. [Mars Dust Storm 2018: What It Means for Opportunity Rover] Opportunity roamed the Martian surface for nearly a decade and a half, covering more than a marathon's worth of ground and finding conclusive evidence that the Red Planet hosted large bodies of liquid water in the ancient past. The golf-cart-size rover and its twin, Spirit, also helped bring Mars down to Earth, in the minds of scientists and laypeople alike. Spirit and Opportunity "have made Mars a familiar place," Opportunity project manager John Callas, of JPL, told Space.com last year, a few months after the dust storm flared up. "When we say, 'our world,' we're no longer just talking about the Earth. We have to include parts of Mars as well." more at link....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 ..if mortal humans will wipe themselves out of the planet Earth, some day, billions years latter somebody will visit Mars, and find out some piece of [.....] and W.O.W. we have evidence of that intelligent life form exist(ed) in the Universe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beecee Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Perhaps this thread could be merged with the "https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/118067-nasa-says-goodbye-to-pioneering-mars-rover/ thread. Awesome and Incredible science is really the only description one could apply. Goodbye Opportunity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C.MacSwell Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 On 2/13/2019 at 5:17 PM, Sensei said: ..if mortal humans will wipe themselves out of the planet Earth, some day, billions years latter somebody will visit Mars, and find out some piece of [.....] and W.O.W. we have evidence of that intelligent life form exist(ed) in the Universe! "No sign of organic life here, past or present...finally we Robots of the Enlightenment have proof that we were divinely conceived, not created by some decrepit form of "evolved life" like so many of our robot scientists claim" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, J.C.MacSwell said: "No sign of organic life here, past or present...finally we Robots of the Enlightenment have proof that we were divinely conceived, not created by some decrepit form of "evolved life" like so many of our robot scientists claim" ...or they can even start cult with Opportunity Mars Rover as the creator.. That reminds me this song: Edited February 17, 2019 by Sensei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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