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Re:Nasa makes final attempt to communicate with Mars rover by umvi on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @10:55AM (#19153947)
Well, if we ever do send humans to Mars just have them visit the site and fix 'er up and she'll be good for another decade.
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Re:Nasa makes final attempt to communicate with Mars rover by chasote on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @11:19AM (#19154153)
You might just like this short story I read in Wired a while back: https://www.wired.com/2016/12/jon-rogers-a-martian-goes-hunt...
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Re:Nasa makes final attempt to communicate with Mars rover by amysox on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @01:13PM (#19155175)
In The Martian, Mark Watney briefly considered the possibility of salvaging Opportunity for its radio the way he did Pathfinder (before inadvertently frying its circuits), but decided against it, as, by then, he was on his way to the Ares IV MAV, and close enough for it not to matter much.
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Re:Nasa makes final attempt to communicate with Mars rover by Tepix on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @11:05AM (#19154042)
Don't forget to also fix Beagle 2!
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Re:Nasa makes final attempt to communicate with Mars rover by setquk on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @12:43PM (#19154881)
I think all chances of that being fixed ended with a loud THUD noise :)
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Re:Nasa makes final attempt to communicate with Mars rover by UncleSlacky on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @02:12PM (#19155774)
It landed fine, it just didn't unfurl completely.
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Re:Nasa makes final attempt to communicate with Mars rover by setquk on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @03:17PM (#19156529)
I didn't know that. Good to hear it was at least a partial success!
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Re:Nasa makes final attempt to communicate with Mars rover by Tepix on Thursday February 14, 2019 @08:12AM (#19161578)
Here's an image in this article: https://www.space.com/32691-europe-beagle-2-mars-lander-phot...
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