Tuesday, May 26, 2009

1808 sols past warranty...

and 10 miles on the odometer-- the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, that is. (The length of a Martian solar day, one sol, is 24 hr 39 min 35.244 sec.)

Meanwhile, its twin, Spirit, is stuck up to its hubcaps in silt while NASA/JPL engineers work on strategies to get it moving again.

These robot explorers are seemingly indestructible!

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