Re:Lost contact with mars rover *DOH*
 

was that there weak ass excuse for why it would only last 90 days? they are dumb they need some window wipers and some windex spray attached to them solar panels

Re:Lost contact with mars rover *DOH*
 

Damn Straight!!! If we're smart enough to make somethin that'll roam Mars all by itself, then we should have at least equipped this ---- with some Windex and wipers.

Re:Lost contact with mars rover *DOH*
 

Chris, Thank you for your reply.

Sometimes there are periods of time where important discoveries are few, but this time is not one of them. I'll give you just three examples.

Just a few years ago we got to see with our own eyes, in real time, a meteor impact on Jupiter. Many people talked about it & thought that it could happen to us but didn't take it seriously. Because of our active participation in space exploration, that threat was proven to be real.

Now, before it happens, we can plan for a defense & stop something that could put an end to all life on this planet.

Second, there are the medical advances in CAT SCAN & MRI technologies that were originaly developed for the exploration of space and the things that exist there.

Third...There are currently satelites orbiting the Earth that have revealed the damage caused by air pollution & monitor the status of our atmosphere. Without these we would be blind to our situation and without a means to stop the ill effects.

These are only three examples of a multitude of reasons to invest in space.

...and with all due respect, I urge you to become more informed on a subject that you plan on having such a strong opinion about.

Re:Lost contact with mars rover *DOH*
 

Actually it is too cold for windex on Mars. But since it is just dust, they shoud just throw a terry cloth on board and have a monkey wipe the ---- off.

I think it sucks that NASA in the old days flew to the moon and back with less computing power than my TI-83, and now, some 30 years later, with more technology than we can handle, they can only have the rover last 18 days... I think we're getting dumber as a species... Maybe if I sniff more gas I'll be better off.

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ummmmmm....... is it just me or with all of the technology and money spent, they weren't able to put some type ow windshield wiper device on the solar panels, especially since they knew the dust would be a problem before they even made the damn thing ::)

Re:Lost contact with mars rover *DOH*
 

I think a good solution for the dust would have been two nozzles pointign @ the solar panels and a few c02 cartridges, like the ones we use for airguns. When the ------- thing gets to dusty, pop the cartridge and blow the fuckers off. Problem solved; .25 cent solution. doh!

BTW- You aren't going to hear about what the gov / nasa / etc has discovered during our lifetimes until it's perfected and / or there is a NEED to tell us. Remember all the secret jets that were just recently revealed but in use for 40 years? Well, yeah. if they tell us, they tell the world... and that kind of doesn't give us much of an advantage, does it?

..have some patience, and let them be! I'll be the first to say that i'll go to mars! Wasn't there a book... that said somthing like that's where us men are from, anyways ;)

Re:Lost contact with mars rover *DOH*
 

"men are from mars, women are from venus" ;D my wife got it for me and i almost threw it at her.......