R.I.P. Oppy

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Brian Earl Spilner
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https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-history-making-mars-rover-opportunity-declared-dead/



Built for 3 months, lived for 15 years.

That'll do, pig.

TexasRebel
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Brian Earl Spilner
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chipotle
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TexasRebel
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Spirit was a good one, too.
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Bondag
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I was still at A&M when it landed.
Brian Earl Spilner
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"My battery is low, and it's getting dark."
Tomdoss92
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Tobias Funke
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Wait are you guys actually sad about this?
Girlhowdy
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Tobias Funke said:

Wait are you guys actually sad about this?

Took my little kids to the launch in Florida and now my kids are grown up so yes, makes me sad.
Brian Earl Spilner
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No idea who that is.

That was opportunity's final transmission.
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Tomdoss92 said:


I wasn't sad until I saw this. Now I am very sad.
Brian Earl Spilner
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Ag_of_08
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Tobias Funke said:

Wait are you guys actually sad about this?


Sad to see a mision that was supposed to last 90 days, but made it 15+years, proved all the naysayers of using solar at Mars to be in error, and is one of the cooler milestones in Martian exploration history end.

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NASA is one of the things I'm happy to spend my taxes on.
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