The Planetary Society Rover Updates |
The Planetary Society Rover Updates |
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Sep 1 2006, 02:38 PM
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Wow!! That was a good article.
I'm glad the rovers are currently is good health; but I am worried about Spirit. Spirit may be able to survive this winter, but the trend for efficiency of solar cells dropping with each winter indicates that this is the last winter that the rover might survive. That means we have about two more years with Spirit and that is about it. Opportunity is a different story. It will survive this winter easily and will likely survive several more winters (as long as other systems remain healthy). We may have another 4 to 6 years of rover viability for Opportunity--maybe more. That means we should be able to finish the science at Victoria and be well into the mission out on the plains. Given the health of Opportunity, I think it is appropriate to discuss a possible mission beyond the plain. Can Opportunity make it to another big crater? I always doubted it until recently. |
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