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Re:NASA says Webb’s excess fuel likely to extend its lifetim... by jimkleiber on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @11:40AM (#29893829)
The Mars Opportunity rover was planned to last only 92 days but lasted about 5200 (~14 years). I think many NASA programs have short expected timelines and then hopefully outlast them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_(rover)

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Re:NASA says Webb’s excess fuel likely to extend its lifetim... by nindalf on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @12:33PM (#29894645)
The Spirit rover did very well too - https://xkcd.com/695/
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Re:NASA says Webb’s excess fuel likely to extend its lifetim... by jimkleiber on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:31PM (#29900005)
Ahhh XKCD, my heart! I hadn't seen this one, thank you for sharing.
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