NASA rover Opportunity begins 10th year on Mars

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NASA rover Opportunity begins 10th year on Mars

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Originally designed for a three-month mission on the surface of Mars, the remarkable Opportunity rover is now moving into its tenth year of exploration.
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That little rover has certainly earned it's place in a future Museum Of History on Mars. Just goes to show that if something is as well built as this was, it will run and run way beyond the mission objectives. A real credit to it's design team 8)
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Re: NASA rover Opportunity begins 10th year on Mars

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Geraldine wrote:
That little rover has certainly earned it's place in a future Museum Of History on Mars. Just goes to show that if something is as well built as this was, it will run and run way beyond the mission objectives. A real credit to it's design team 8)
Truly. It sure is amazing that thing's still running. Thanks for the great share Smivs :).
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