Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Putting Rover to sleep

This from the Associated Press: "Scientists plan to put one of the twin Mars rovers to sleep and limit the activities of the other robot to fulfill a NASA order to cut $4 million from the program's budget."

Mars rover Spirit, we hardly knew ye. :-(

Update: Again, from the Associated Press, "NASA is saying Tuesday that it has rescinded a letter that recommended budget cuts in the Mars Rover program to cover the cost of a next-generation rover on the Red Planet."

Yay! Welcome back, Spirit! And keep on truckin! :-)

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