ByeBye PhoenixRover

[wendyzski]

ByeBye little Mars Rover.

You done good, well beyond what anyone thought you could.

Rest well, until we get there in person to pick you up, dust you off, and set you where everyone can see.

Comments

[mustang-bex1126.livejournal.com]

I know! I was sad, I'm going to miss the tweets from the Mars Rover.

[dragonsblog.livejournal.com]

Not to be pedantic, but the Phoenix was a lander, not a rover. He was stationary. The rovers, Spirit and Opportunity are still alive and wandering, almost 5 years later. Hopefully the Mars Science Lab will be just as successful. I will miss the little Phoenix!

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

oopsies - shows youwhat I know

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

It seems that NASA's Mars probe missions come in two flavor and there's no way to tell ahead time of which one you get. One is successful and runs beyond the official mission time, sometimes by years one doesn't dare to hope for. The other is the outright disaster. This appears to be the better flavor, going a couple months beyond the official mission time. And while "waking up in the Spring" might be being downplayed, it wouldn't be terribly surprising either - I suspect the real issue there is if the batteries survive the Winter well enough to hold a charge in the Spring or Summer again.

[popebuck1.livejournal.com]

I refuse to believe he's really out of commission. I picture him up there with communication cut off but otherwise okay, and like WALL-E, just quietly going about his business and waiting for us to come get him.

[stealthbunny.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY!! I said that someday, an EVA would find him and his little cockroach pet, and there'd be Disney music.