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NASA loses contact with Mars rover

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edited January 2004 in Science & Tech
NASA scientists have reported that they have lost contact with the Mars robot rover Spirit and are currently unsure what has caused the malfunction.
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[blockquote]Spirit project manager Pete Theisinger told a news briefing that there was a "very serious anomaly" in communications with the six-wheeled craft, which landed on Mars on January 3 on a planned three-month mission to explore the geologic history of the planet.
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  • TemplarTemplar You first.
    edited January 2004
    ALIENS!
  • MoTHA_NaTuREMoTHA_NaTuRE All over this bizzatch called FL
    edited January 2004
    Mos DeF!!! :woowoo:
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited January 2004
    This is bad. Hope they can fix it. As for aliens well then let's hope the cameras are intact since then we would have proof finaly. Thopugh i doubt it's aliens behind this. Prolly a duststorm or something.
  • polarys425polarys425 Harrisonburg, VA
    edited January 2004
    or some NASA engineer making 6 digit salary forgot to tighten the connection on one very important wire........ :grumble:
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited January 2004
    Its probably broke. Like verything else NASA makes.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Templar wrote:
    ALIENS!

    True.Dat

    :woowoo:
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Hey, at least you guys got a signal from yours when it landed. Ours was lost on impact :D
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited January 2004
    Its back.

    http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/23/spirit.contact/index.html
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited January 2004
    i bet you it WAS ALIENS!! they took it away for a while so they could study it, and then they brought it back!! i know it!!

    :O
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    infinite loop error!
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    On the other hand, the other one found frozen water on the southpole of that planet. Now THAT'S scary.
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