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5000 Sols On Mars, Opportunity Rolls Into History
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post Feb 15 2018, 06:39 AM
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As you may have noticed, we have installed a new banner in celebration of this important milestone that Oppy has reached on this terrestrial day (15 Feb/1726 US Pacific Standard Time). Thanks to Emily for creating it, and apologies to all that I was not able to install it a bit better...will work on it some more when I get a chance, promise, first time doing this! smile.gif

In any case, it's time to reflect on how far both she and we have come. Nobody--and I mean nobody--ever dreamed in their wildest that MER-B would be operating fourteen years after bouncing to the surface, into a hole-in-one filled with blueberries...it was magic, it's BEEN magic, the very best kind...the magic of discovery, the magic of yet another 'new Mars' unfolding before us every day.

Here's to the next five thousand!!!!


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A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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post Feb 21 2018, 05:21 PM
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IDD not being what it used to be is restricting us some-what - certainly can't pull off the complete 360 of a MAHLI selfie, but we're trying a few extra frames.
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- nprev   5000 Sols On Mars   Feb 15 2018, 06:39 AM
- - djellison   And just in case people forget....that 90 sols exp...   Feb 15 2018, 07:36 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 15 2018, 08:36 AM)...   Feb 15 2018, 10:32 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (climber @ Feb 15 2018, 02:32 PM) W...   Feb 16 2018, 09:59 AM
- - nprev   The MERs ultimately carried you to a new country a...   Feb 15 2018, 07:55 AM
- - Explorer1   5000 sols: No words. I had turned 13 in January 2...   Feb 16 2018, 03:55 AM
|- - dolphin   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Feb 16 2018, 04:55 AM)...   Feb 16 2018, 06:54 AM
- - Deimos   Cleanish solar panels and an approaching round num...   Feb 16 2018, 06:37 PM
- - fredk   Sol 5000 MI self portrait! http://merpublic.s...   Feb 16 2018, 09:09 PM
- - Stu   To mark Sol 5000, the MER team asked Oppy to take ...   Feb 16 2018, 11:06 PM
- - Sean   Incredible. Congrats all round!   Feb 16 2018, 11:09 PM
- - James Sorenson   My version of the selfie.   Feb 17 2018, 06:28 AM
- - James Sorenson   And a version with added color, Many thanks to Don...   Feb 17 2018, 09:54 AM
|- - vikingmars   QUOTE (James Sorenson @ Feb 17 2018, 10:5...   Feb 19 2018, 01:19 PM
- - nprev   Thank you for these beautiful renderings, Stu, Jam...   Feb 18 2018, 02:27 AM
- - djellison   What an adventure. I've been thinking of an M...   Feb 18 2018, 02:51 AM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 17 2018, 06:51 PM)...   Feb 18 2018, 06:43 AM
- - Explorer1   Amazing story Doug, for an amazing selfie! Obv...   Feb 18 2018, 04:24 AM
- - djellison   Well - I figure we'll do it so often now that ...   Feb 18 2018, 07:50 AM
- - lyford   Delurking to say #$#&(@#($(!@#^...   Feb 18 2018, 08:48 PM
|- - MoreInput   Also from me, Happy Sol 5000 for Opportunity. And ...   Feb 18 2018, 10:02 PM
- - stevesliva   Wow. I'm finding this image affecting in a way...   Feb 19 2018, 06:00 AM
- - jamescanvin   More 'selfie' images planned for 5006? May...   Feb 21 2018, 11:21 AM
- - djellison   IDD not being what it used to be is restricting us...   Feb 21 2018, 05:21 PM
- - James Sorenson   Well what ever extra frames that come down, I...   Feb 21 2018, 10:51 PM
- - djellison   We've also learned some interesting stuff abou...   Feb 21 2018, 11:54 PM
- - James Sorenson   The extended selfie. Enjoy! Full Resolu...   Feb 25 2018, 12:05 PM
- - JRehling   Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but I want to see...   Feb 25 2018, 07:52 PM
|- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 25 2018, 11:52 AM) ...   Feb 25 2018, 10:30 PM
||- - djellison   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Feb 25 2018, 02:30 P...   Feb 26 2018, 12:15 AM
||- - James Sorenson   QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 25 2018, 04:15 PM)...   Feb 26 2018, 12:57 AM
||- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (James Sorenson @ Feb 25 2018, 04:5...   Feb 26 2018, 02:14 AM
|- - Habukaz   QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 25 2018, 08:52 PM) ...   Feb 26 2018, 09:33 AM
- - fredk   Iazu!   Feb 25 2018, 10:48 PM
- - marsophile   If Mars2020 arrives at HomePlate, maybe it can dra...   Feb 26 2018, 08:24 PM
- - djellison   Somehow it got featured in the February Mars Repor...   Feb 26 2018, 11:58 PM
- - elakdawalla   James and others, I've been a little confused ...   Feb 27 2018, 12:10 AM
- - James Sorenson   Oops. Thank you Emily, I will get that fixed on a...   Feb 27 2018, 01:07 AM
- - elakdawalla   No worries, it's very unclear and Ken's no...   Feb 27 2018, 01:30 AM
|- - PaulH51   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Feb 27 2018, 09:30 A...   Feb 27 2018, 02:20 AM
- - hendric   Just amazing Opportunity has endured this long...   Feb 28 2018, 04:39 PM
- - pospa   Doug's article about how to make a first selfi...   Apr 20 2018, 11:57 AM
- - djellison   Apologies to Emily et.al. for this taking me so lo...   Apr 20 2018, 03:23 PM
- - nprev   Great article, Doug. I'm sure it will be less ...   Apr 20 2018, 06:33 PM
- - vikingmars   Spirit and Opportunity raw images and day-to-day r...   May 9 2024, 04:16 AM

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