completely different<\/a>. This You Tube clip is taken from the IMAX movie “Roving Mars” from 2006. (While the first photo may have made you chuckle, this clip is jaw dropping.) It recreates the succession of stages by which Spirit, MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover — A), reached Mars. Spirit was one of two rovers of NASA’s ongoing Mars Exploration Rover Mission. It landed successfully on Mars January 4, 2004, three weeks before its twin, Opportunity (MER-B), landed on the other side of the planet. The rover became stuck in late 2009, and its last communication with Earth was sent on March 22, 2010. The rover completed its planned 90-sol mission. Aided by cleaning events that resulted in higher power from its solar panels, Spirit went on to function effectively over twenty times longer than NASA planners expected following mission completion. Spirit also logged 7.73 km (4.8 mi) of driving instead of the planned 600 m (0.4 mi), allowing more extensive geological analysis of Martian rocks and planetary surface features.<\/p>\n
\nA FINAL QUOTE–<\/p>\n
If it’s green, it’s biology. If it stinks, it’s chemistry. If it has numbers, it’s math. If it doesn’t work, it’s technology.<\/i>— Unknown<\/p>\n
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