Opportunity still roving
Mars rover to make risky trip into crater - CNN.com
NASA’s aging but durable Mars rover Opportunity will make what could be a trip of no return into a deep impact crater as it tries to peer further back than ever into the Red Planet’s geologic history.
The descent into Victoria Crater received the go-ahead because the potential scientific returns are worth the risk that the solar-powered, six-wheel rover might not be able to climb out, NASA officials and scientists said Thursday.
The vehicle has been roaming Mars for nearly 3 ½ Earth years. Scientists and engineers want to send it in while it still appears healthy.
Nothing too controversial today. Opportunity is about to take a trip into a deep impact crater and might not be coming back. I remember waiting for the first pictures from Spirit to make their way here nearly three and a half years ago when they believed that the rovers would last only about 90 days on the Martian surface. My kids have their little certificates that say their names are included on both Opportunity and Spirit so they feel personally invested. I know NASA doesn’t always make the top news but if you go here you can see all their current missions. During shuttle missions you can see streaming video from space. NASA TV is running whenever you have a few minutes to run over there.
Well, my floor is done and I love it. If I ever do it again I am going to seal the floor and put a new one on top. It was definitely not worth the work to pull up the old floor and I hope I don’t ever decide to do that again. On to the rest of the house. At some point I will be done and have more time for Dig Deeper but Techdigger is picking up the slack I am leaving thank goodness.
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