Spirit - Sol2000, Congratulations to the MER Teams |
Spirit - Sol2000, Congratulations to the MER Teams |
Aug 18 2009, 01:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
As we have become accustomed to here on UMSF, the Rovers have reached another incredible milestone.
Today (tosol), the Mars Exploration Rover 'Spirit' has been operating on the red planet for 2000 Sols. To celebrate, here are a few logos, desktops and a poster for you to download and enjoy. The poster features another brilliant work of prose from our UMSF 'Poet Dude' Stuart Atkinson and a big credit to James Canvin for the Calypso Pan (with some Astro0 enhancements ). You guys rock! Poster: There's also a full-size 4.5mb version of the poster over at my blog. Plus a 16.2mb version to download for the brave. Desktops: Logos: |
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Aug 23 2009, 02:33 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 14-January 07 From: France Member No.: 1602 |
I remember January 2004, back when Spirit suddenly stopped in its tracks, upon its 18th sol only. At the time the rovers were expected to last 90 sols and drive for 600 meters only, so it fell like such a run against the clock waiting for Spirit to resume driving again, time was flying!
Of course, the Columbia hills were science fiction only, I was wondering if that little rover would ever make it to Bonneville crater... and 2000 sols... that was BEYOND science fiction!! I too would like to congratulate all the rovers teams for that amazing journey on the Red Planet. What an amazing 2000 sols it has been! How do we say 'Thank you!' in Martian? |
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