Spirit: End of Mission |
Spirit: End of Mission |
May 25 2011, 01:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2106 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
We'll be seeing it again some day, not to worry, but it might be a long wait...
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May 25 2011, 01:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Richmond, VA USA Member No.: 181 |
... perchance to dream.... Sleep well my sweet Spirit.
My right hand side is with Doug and I salute all those who crafted this fantastic adventure, but with my left I wave a fond farewell to our girl. -- Pertinax |
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May 25 2011, 03:08 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
Thank you to all the wonderful people at JPL who made this mission possible and to all the great folks on this board who walked with Spirit every step of the way.
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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May 25 2011, 03:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 399 Joined: 28-August 07 From: San Francisco Member No.: 3511 |
"We drove ...until the wheels came off "
That's Spirit. Huge congrats to all the team, what a trip! -------------------- 'She drove until the wheels fell off...'
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May 25 2011, 04:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4256 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
The May 31st announcement is now gone from the NASA TV schedule. Maybe they posted that before they indended?
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Guest_Bobby_* |
May 25 2011, 06:19 AM
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May 25 2011, 07:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
Farewell little robot. You brought anxiety, joy and wonder. But never did we expect to grow this old with you.
-------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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May 25 2011, 09:36 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 20-April 05 From: UK Member No.: 282 |
Farewell Spirit and thank you.
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Guest_Oersted_* |
May 25 2011, 11:31 AM
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May 25 2011, 11:35 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 6-April 09 Member No.: 4720 |
Curiosity must be thinking "Great. How am I suppose to follow an act like that?"
Goodbye little brother. |
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May 25 2011, 12:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 24-November 04 From: Heraklion, GR. Member No.: 112 |
I have been absent for so long, mainly due to sparse free time, but I had to come back to say goodbye to my old pal, Spirit.
We had such wonderful time together, climbing hills and observing abysses, I 'll miss you friend. It may take several hundred years, but I am sure some time a human hand will tap your panels and say thanks from all of us. Farewell. |
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May 25 2011, 01:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 20-January 06 Member No.: 652 |
Rest in Peace old friend.
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May 25 2011, 01:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 214 Joined: 30-December 05 Member No.: 628 |
Best not ponder the fact that Spirit seemed to be within a week or two of wriggling her way out of that Scamander sandtrap. In the end it was not to be.
The torch is passed; within a year or so we should have some new company for Opportunity out there on that lonely red planet. |
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May 25 2011, 01:48 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 1-March 04 From: Belgium Member No.: 41 |
Unlurking to say goodbye...
But... what a ride! |
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May 25 2011, 01:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Thank you for the ride little old Lady. Among your achievments you helped uniting all of us here at UMSF.
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