NASA: Mars Rovers Will Continue to Run
March 25, 2008
In this image provided by NASA, a robotic arm from NASA's Mars Exploration rover Spirit is shown on the 1,277th Martian day in this Aug. 6, 2007, file photo. Scientists plan to put Spirit to sleep and limit the activities of its sister rover Opportunity to fulfill a NASA order to cut $4 million from the program's budget, mission team members said Monday, March 24, 2008. (AP Photo/NASA)
(AP) -- NASA says it has absolutely no plan to turn off either of the Mars Rovers because of budget cuts.
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This is the best money we've spent on mars and they want to shut it down (?)...DUH and double DUH!
We finally got a bulls-eye.... even if they just do a walk-about looking at "this and that" that's just plain incredible!
Damn things weren't supposed to work for more than 90 days... HA HA... the little beasties just keep truckin' ... Pink bunnies.
Now if only VentureStar or JIMO would have had their unfortunate cancellations reversed:(. I'm still bitter over those. And quite a few others actually. The TPF especially.