Rest in Peace Opportunity

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Paul D
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Rest in Peace Opportunity

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NASA announced that Opportunity rover has stopped working after a massive dust storm covered the solar panels. Here is a very interesting link from the New York times showing the rovers journey over the years.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... s-map.html Rest In Peace Opportunity you and Spirit discovered many new finds with us all.
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Re: Rest in Peace Opportunity

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For me the Rover is the GMOAT -" Greatest Machine Of All Time". Not many things are built to last 3 months and instead last 15 years. And 15 useful years. 8) 8) 8)

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For sure it wasn't built in Detroit!!! :D :D .!
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Re: Rest in Peace Opportunity

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Lesson learned: future robotic arms should have a broom attachment to clean off solar panels :lol:
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