give it up for the Opportunity and Spirit mars rovers!!!

marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov...

" Spirit has survived 269 sols past its '90-sol warranty' "...

" Opportunity has survived 249 sols past its '90-sol warranty' "...

these two mars rovers have lasted MUCH more than expected...

now, it is going to be winter on mars and this means that there will be less sunlight (the rover's source for energy) and this means that they could "die"...

i have started this thread because i (and you might want to join in too) want to "give it up" for the Opportunity and Spirit mars rovers...

so...

lets give it up for the Opportunity and Spirit mars rovers!!!

the total number of sols on mars for the Spirit rover as of 1/5/05 is: 359

the total number of sols on mars for the Opportunity rover as of 1/5/05 is: 339


EDIT: total number of sols on mars for rovers...




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Red Rovers, Red Rovers.
You just won't ROLLOVER!!!!

woop! woop! woop!

They put warranties on their own products that they are using themselves O.O

What would they do if it did "die" before 90-days? Would they pay themselves or something?

But I must say they did an amazing job taking photos and sampling.

Originally posted by CookieMonster000
They put warranties on their own products that they are using themselves O.O

What would they do if it did "die" before 90-days? Would they pay themselves or something?

But I must say they did an amazing job taking photos and sampling.

it is a '90-sol warranty'...

they (NASA) THOUGHT that the rovers would only last for 90 sols thus the '90-sol warranty' was made...

it is not a real warranty

They didn't think they would only last 90 days. 90 days was the prerequsite for mission success as far as longevity goes. There were some comments about them lasting much longer even very early in the mission.

However I think they are probably now starting to outlive even some of the more optimistic expectations.

Originally posted by Kano
They didn't think they would only last 90 days. 90 days was the prerequsite for mission success as far as longevity goes. There were some comments about them lasting much longer even very early in the mission.

However I think they are probably now starting to outlive even some of the more optimistic expectations.

do you mean that the rovers had 90 sols to complete the mission???

sry but i need info.

Hey,

How about we post a link to our favorite Spirit, or Opportunity image?


They see ALL...You go first...tis YOUR thread

Originally posted by they see ALL
do you mean that the rovers had 90 sols to complete the mission???

No, the rovers had a list of requirements to meet in order to achieve mission 'success'. Things such as needing to do x amount of brushings and drillings, x amount of readings with the different images, drive over a certain distance (600m I think) and operate at least 90 days (as well as launch and land on Mars safely obviously). Both have well and truly surpassed the requirements for success. Not that it was unexpected, the success benchmarks are kind of a minimum requirement deal.

The rovers have performed splendidly!!!
i have stayed current on them since they were about to land,and i havent been disapointed.
I cant wait for the Mars Science Lab to hit in 2010,bigger,faster, better,and nuclear powered to boot!!!

True that Sam, is that the one thats meant to be up to Humvee size? and with powered landing so it can put down a lot closer to more interesting stuff. (Canyons etc)?

Originally posted by spacedoubt
Hey,

How about we post a link to our favorite Spirit, or Opportunity image?


They see ALL...You go first...tis YOUR thread

some of my favorite pics can be found here:

www.enterprisemission.com...

i want to your favorite pics because i love mars pics...

Originally posted by Kano
No, the rovers had a list of requirements to meet in order to achieve mission 'success'. Things such as needing to do x amount of brushings and drillings, x amount of readings with the different images, drive over a certain distance (600m I think) and operate at least 90 days (as well as launch and land on Mars safely obviously). Both have well and truly surpassed the requirements for success. Not that it was unexpected, the success benchmarks are kind of a minimum requirement deal.

thanks kano...

these rovers are very cool and they are also "alive" i think...

they scan the area that they are in and choose the safest path to the point they want to visit without any human help

this, to me, is VERY impressive...

Originally posted by Kano
True that Sam, is that the one thats meant to be up to Humvee size? and with powered landing so it can put down a lot closer to more interesting stuff. (Canyons etc)?

Yup,supposed to be up to 5 times bigger than the current rovers,and they are discussing whether or not to send two rovers,probably becasue of the success of the twin rovers there now.
The landing is rather unique.Nasa plans on using a "Sky crane" and to tether it down to 15 feet.would make for a pretty soft landing.

heres a good site talking about it.
space.com...

Alright, a worthy celebration.

Too bad I didn't get to see any aliens chopping under the golden arches, eh?

-wD

Originally posted by they see ALL
marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov...

" Spirit has survived 269 sols past its '90-sol warranty' "...

" Opportunity has survived 249 sols past its '90-sol warranty' "...

these two mars rovers have lasted MUCH more than expected...

now, it is going to be winter on mars and this means that there will be less sunlight (the rover's source for energy) and this means that they could "die"...

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I read in the paper today that the Martian winter just finished and spring is beginning, meaning the Rovers might last for much longer still.

im glad we made it to mars and found links that prove there was water on the planet at one time.where there is water there would be life.to bad it took so long for us to evolve and get the info back.me and my families names are on 2 disks up there on mars and i hope in 500 years the people who land on it read the many of millions of names on the disks.rock on rovers and hail all nasa people who made this possible.take a bow flukemol.......

Originally posted by Samhain
Yup,supposed to be up to 5 times bigger than the current rovers,and they are discussing whether or not to send two rovers,probably becasue of the success of the twin rovers there now.
The landing is rather unique.Nasa plans on using a "Sky crane" and to tether it down to 15 feet.would make for a pretty soft landing.

heres a good site talking about it.
space.com...

good info. and thanks...

a humvee sized rover!?!?!?

THATS an idea...

I have to give it up to Nasa for making those Rovers Just making it to mars in the first place is hard enough.

Sure seems like these rovers are a great design for the harsh mars conditions.

What's coolest about this is all the pessimism that happened before this. Most Mars expeditions have failed in the past. Everyone thought these would, too. There were several threads here on ATS talking about martians shooting down landing craft.

NASA does exploration excelently. We need to get it back to that. More looking up instead of down at earth. More going up. Look at Cassini. What an incredible mission! The one collecting comet dust (can't recall the name and am too tired to look it up). The NASA of the 50s and 60s seems to be coming back, and this is great news!