Spirit, at rest

[robkelk]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/n ... 10524.html]NASA Concludes Attempts to Contact Mars Rover Spirit

They're finally letting her go...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Dartz]

Manly tears are shed
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?

[Bob Schroeck]

<hat over heart>
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Matrix Dragon]

Spirit and Opportunity are two of the best examples of what mankind can achieve, and they've both given us an incredible look at an alien world. Opportunity even got the chance to study a meteorite that had landed near its own abandoned heat shield, and is still moving even now.

Every time I think of either of them, I find myself hoping that, when we finally go there in person, we'll land near at least one of them and bring them back, to let humanity to see one of our greatest explorers.