Mars Rover to be TURNED OFF - due to BUDGET CUTS at NASA!

Posted on Tuesday 25 March 2008

To save money, NASA will switch off Mars Rover Spirit for the Winter. What a disgusting fate for so intrepid an explorer!! What if it won’t wake back up?? Please DIGG this - maybe we can pressure them to restore the $4 Million to JPL. After lasting 1490 days into a ‘90 day mission’ - to be turned off due to lack of money? Hang Tough Rover Team!!

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1 Comment for 'Mars Rover to be TURNED OFF - due to BUDGET CUTS at NASA!'

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    March 29, 2008 | 6:13 pm
     

    They decided to keep it back on. $20 million a year it costs to run it. Ouch.

    http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=ca&q=mars+rover&btnG=Search+News

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