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The End of the Opportunity Rover
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:52 pmby The Transhuman Union
On February 13th 2019, NASA has announced that the Martian Opportunity Rover mission is concluded after being unable to wake the rover from hibernation. The project was launched in 2003 and the rover landed in 2004, with a planned mission duration of only 90 Martian days. However the rover has survived and the mission lasted 5352 Martian days.
I personally think that the Opportunity rover was a great achievement of human interplanetary exploration. With NASA having the Curiosity and the planned Mars 2020 rover by 2021, I believe that these rovers that could find the former source of water on Mars couldn't have been possible without the Opportunity rover's feats.
What are your thoughts, NSG?
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/13/world/nasa-mars-opportunity-rover-trnd/index.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/13/science/opportunity-rover-mars-map.html
"My battery is low....and it's getting dark"
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:58 pmby Fartsniffage
The US space agency (Nasa) has called time on its Opportunity Mars rover.
The six-wheeled robot last contacted Earth in June last year, just before it was enveloped in the darkness of a global dust storm.
Engineers hoped Oppy would power back up when the skies cleared and sunlight hit its solar panels again - but there has not been a peep out of the rover.
The routine prompt commands that have been sent to Opportunity will now end. The mission has been declared over.
"We tried valiantly over these last eight months to recover the rover, to get some signal from it," explained project manager John Callas.
"We've listened every single day with sensitive receivers, and we sent over 1,000 recovery commands. We heard nothing and the time has come to say goodbye."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47231247It's amazing how we can anthropomorphise tech isn't it?
Opportunity has finally been declared as lost and I'm genuinely upset that it's dead. Curiosity is still going so there is still science happening on Mars but Oppy managed to last for 14.5 years, 14 years and 3 months longer than it was designed for. It was a plucky little rover.
What are your favourite parts of Mars explorations so far?
Posted:
Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:00 pmby Deutschess Kaiserreich
R.I.P
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:00 pmby Unithonia
Fartsniffage wrote:The US space agency (Nasa) has called time on its Opportunity Mars rover.
The six-wheeled robot last contacted Earth in June last year, just before it was enveloped in the darkness of a global dust storm.
Engineers hoped Oppy would power back up when the skies cleared and sunlight hit its solar panels again - but there has not been a peep out of the rover.
The routine prompt commands that have been sent to Opportunity will now end. The mission has been declared over.
"We tried valiantly over these last eight months to recover the rover, to get some signal from it," explained project manager John Callas.
"We've listened every single day with sensitive receivers, and we sent over 1,000 recovery commands. We heard nothing and the time has come to say goodbye."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47231247It's amazing how we can anthropomorphise tech isn't it?
Opportunity has finally been declared as lost and I'm genuinely upset that it's dead. Curiosity is still going so there is still science happening on Mars but Oppy managed to last for 14.5 years, 14 years and 3 months longer than it was designed for. It was a plucky little rover.
What are your favourite parts of Mars explorations so far?
RIP Oppy
A salute for our fallen lad
Posted:
Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:03 pmby Valentine Z
Rest in Peace to our little friend, and thanks for all the discoveries you have made for us!
Posted:
Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:03 pmby TURTLESHROOM II
That'll do, probe. That'll do.
Posted:
Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:04 pmby Valrifell
It was an honor, Opportunity. o7
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:06 pmby East Lodge
Rest in peace, dear rover.
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:08 pmby House at Pooh Corner
"My battery is low....and it's getting dark"
That was the last message they received, I had to look that up to make sure.
That is incredibly sad. Sounds like an Isaac Asimov story...
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:08 pmby Aressna
R.I.P.
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:10 pmby Mushet
The aliens took it. *nods*
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:11 pmby The Galactic Liberal Democracy
Let’s pay respects to our little robot.
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:11 pmby Bun Queen
*cries in rover*
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:11 pmby McNernia
See you when Im old in a martian museum I suppose.
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:12 pmby The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp
Rip robot
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:13 pmby Comradeistan
RIP Oppy, The Rover that said "I can"
But seriously, Opportunity has done its job and more. It's been expected that it wouldn't be around much longer.
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:14 pmby Arkeyana
Now we absolutely have to go to mars to get this little guy back.
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:14 pmby Hansdeltania
Press F to pay respects.
F
Posted:
Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:14 pmby East Lodge
It's funny we don't mourn over human beings like this all the time, but for a robot we do.
Oh wait. My pretitle...
Wait let my get a funeral director
Posted:
Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:17 pmby Cossack Khanate
*plays March Slav*
R.I.P Oppy, he will always be remembered
Posted:
Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:18 pmby Aeritai
Well what do you know robots can fear death...
Rest in peace Oppy hope you are doing well in the digital afterlife.
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:20 pmby The Asiatic Empire
A true soldier. F
<o
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:22 pmby Atheris
F
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:23 pmby East Lodge
Press F to pay respects, but now we press W to move forward.
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:23 pmby Kowani
Who else thinks that when we finally colonize Mars, a statue of Oppy should be erected where it stopped working?