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NASA rover Opportunity begins 10th year on Mars


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It must have Energizer batteries in it to "keep going and going". Quite a feat there for a small little craft
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I find that depressing!  It felt like they landed just 'a few years ago'... sigh...  :(

But yeah, quite the achievement for NASA!

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It must have Energizer batteries in it to "keep going and going". Quite a feat there for a small little craft

Nope, that's what they put on the Mars Science Lab! Nuke "batteries" anyway to avoid the low sunlight problem of the Mars Winter that finally snagged Spirit.

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl....er
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I find that depressing!  It felt like they landed just 'a few years ago'... sigh...  :(

But yeah, quite the achievement for NASA!

Was kind of thinking the same thing.  Ten years?  You have got to be kidding me.  Ten years is supposed to be a long time,, and that thing landed just reccently.

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Thanks for the post... loved the little embedded video too.

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