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Mar 22 2008, 06:47 PM
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Mar 24 2008, 12:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
I still enjoy comparing these 90-sol missions with the "these things are nuclear, they'll run for years" Viking landers.
Viking 1 lander lifetime: 2247 sols Viking 2 lander lifetime: 1283 sols Total Viking lander lifetime: 3530 sols And at present: Spirit lifetime: 1501 sols Opportunity lifetime: 1480 sols Total MER lifetime: 2981 sols We're only 550 total sols (275 combined sols) away from the MERs racking up more active lifetime on the surface of Mars than the Viking landers. So, on Spirit sol 1776 and Oppy sol 1755, we'll *really* have something to celebrate. Assuming both of our girls are still rolling then. Of course, each rover individually has exceeded Viking 2's lifetime already. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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