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A comment on Breaks Observed in Rover Wheel Treads. Parent comment

Re:Breaks Observed in Rover Wheel Treads by krallja on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @09:37AM (#13930751)
You're probably thinking of Spirit and Opportunity, the smaller rovers which landed in the early 2000s and long outlived their primary scientific missions. This is Curiosity, the SUV-sized rover which landed in 2012, and is still in its primary mission.
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Re:Breaks Observed in Rover Wheel Treads by JetDogRush on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @09:39AM (#13930765)
Not quite - primary mission was two years (one Martian year). We are in Extended Mission #2.
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Re:Breaks Observed in Rover Wheel Treads by krallja on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @03:25PM (#13933937)
Oops, you're right! Thanks.
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Re:Breaks Observed in Rover Wheel Treads by tetraodonpuffer on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @09:40AM (#13930771)
this picture definitely helps with comparing the relative scales of the rovers

https://marsmobile.jpl.nasa.gov/images/Evans_Mars_Yard.jpg

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