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Eight Years.

ElkGroveDan View Member Profile	Jan 3 2012, 09:14 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197	Eight years. I mean seriously -- eight years! -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.

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Stu

Feb 9 2012, 10:51 AM

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For those who haven't seen it yet, a new HiRISE image has just ben released showing Spirit's Lander off to the side of Bonneville Crater...

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_025815_1655

(Was that a HiWISH of yours Doug?)

Here's what the lander looked like on 29 Jan...

Wouldn't it have been great if we'd had a HiRISE portrait of the lander and rover just after landing? It might have looked something like this... (I've tried to get the scale right by cloning Spirit from the same image)...

(Note: taken from: http://roadtoendeavour.wordpress.com/2012/...ories-of-spirit )

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ElkGroveDan Eight Years. Jan 3 2012, 09:14 PM

vikingmars QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 3 2012, 10:14 PM... Jan 3 2012, 09:31 PM

Astro0 While they are separate vehicles, I tend to think ... Jan 3 2012, 09:42 PM

Stu Eight years... unbelievable... http://www.youtub... Jan 3 2012, 09:57 PM

climber Still very emotional watching this video. This has... Jan 3 2012, 10:49 PM

Astro0 As a tribute to Spirit and honoring Opportunity... Jan 3 2012, 11:49 PM

Decepticon Stu that link was great! Thanks. Jan 4 2012, 12:04 AM

ElkGroveDan Brilliant image to go with it. You guys are a per... Jan 4 2012, 12:15 AM

nprev Inspired...and brilliant as per your usual, gentle... Jan 4 2012, 12:27 AM

brellis Great trip down memory lane! thanks Jan 4 2012, 01:19 AM

Matt Lenda Indeed. Today, I was on shift with Squyres as SOW... Jan 4 2012, 05:12 AM

Bill Harris I've enjoyed seeing where we've been but I... Jan 4 2012, 06:35 AM

Eutectic To put eight years in perspective, consider that i... Jan 4 2012, 07:35 AM

Stu HUGE thanks to Astro0 for the beautiful picture, w... Jan 4 2012, 09:12 AM

remcook pfff crazy! It seems like yesterday. Amazing ... Jan 4 2012, 09:22 AM

Oersted I remember waking up very early on a Sunday mornin... Jan 4 2012, 01:05 PM

eoincampbell Happy Anniversary MERs and team, my annual viewing... Jan 4 2012, 03:18 PM

stewjack The Spirit and Oppy Show as Entertainment Apparen... Jan 4 2012, 04:15 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (stewjack @ Jan 4 2012, 08:15 AM) T... Jan 4 2012, 05:35 PM

Stu Oh the banners crying out to be made there... ... Jan 4 2012, 05:49 PM

jasedm QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 4 2012, 06:49 PM) Oh the... Jan 4 2012, 06:47 PM

Stu QUOTE (jasedm @ Jan 4 2012, 06:47 PM) BTW... Jan 4 2012, 07:36 PM

stevesliva It's also exceeded the duration of the Galileo... Jan 4 2012, 05:58 PM

ilbasso My granddaughter was born in the evening of Januar... Jan 4 2012, 06:23 PM

brellis Sofi Collis, the nine-year old girl who won the NA... Jan 4 2012, 07:33 PM

Tesheiner Just finished reading "Roving Mars". Had... Jan 4 2012, 10:45 PM

Pertinax QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jan 4 2012, 05:45 PM) ... Jan 5 2012, 08:21 PM

Fran Ontanaya I can't believe how much has Mars changed in t... Jan 5 2012, 01:21 AM

MERovingian This birthday means that I am addicted to Mars sin... Jan 6 2012, 12:43 AM

brellis The nice thing about your 39th birthday (according... Jan 6 2012, 02:24 AM

Astro0 Hey Stu, we got spotted on Universe Today. Happy... Jan 24 2012, 11:24 PM

Stu Nice one! But 8 years... still really havi... Jan 25 2012, 02:50 PM

belleraphon1 Eight years. Marvelous! Sleep well Spirit. ... Jan 27 2012, 03:32 AM

brellis Opportuniverse Today Jan 27 2012, 04:37 AM

atomoid I finally downloaded the full-res version, great w... Jan 27 2012, 11:30 PM

Stu For those who haven't seen it yet, a new HiRIS... Feb 9 2012, 10:51 AM

djellison QUOTE (Stu @ Feb 9 2012, 02:51 AM) (Was t... Feb 9 2012, 03:04 PM

ugordan Here's an attempt to tweak the color to look s... Feb 9 2012, 06:26 PM

pospa QUOTE (ugordan @ Feb 9 2012, 07:26 PM) He... Feb 13 2012, 01:20 PM

marsophile QUOTE (pospa @ Feb 13 2012, 05:20 AM) And... Feb 13 2012, 03:52 PM

ugordan QUOTE (pospa @ Feb 13 2012, 02:20 PM) And... Feb 13 2012, 04:07 PM

Stu Beautiful colours, ugordan, as ever... The new... Feb 13 2012, 12:27 PM

Fran Ontanaya I'm not an expert at all in optics, but I supp... Feb 13 2012, 06:26 PM

vikingmars QUOTE (Fran Ontanaya @ Feb 13 2012, 07:26... Feb 14 2012, 12:14 AM

djellison Or, in other words - we're guessing and it... Feb 13 2012, 10:39 PM

PDP8E Here a few images showing Spirit's lander I c... Feb 14 2012, 08:48 PM

PDP8E Always wanted to make a poster in the 'spirit... Feb 15 2012, 05:49 PM

vikingmars To celebrate in France "Eight Years" of ... Feb 16 2012, 10:02 AM

PDP8E Monsieur VikingMars, Mon Dieu! C'est tres ... Feb 16 2012, 04:59 PM

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