Mars Rovers: 1 year 5 months...

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Az


nuke-powered robots, next, plz.

So the launcher can explode on lift-off and scatter nuke material to the four winds. No thanks! Keep my skies nuke free.

[MrFun]

People who oppose nukes hate their own country.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
So the launcher can explode on lift-off and scatter nuke material to the four winds. No thanks! Keep my skies nuke free.

We're trying to rid the country of communists like you

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
I bet they just tell people that so it looks like NASA is doing much better than expected.

Actually, the reason they designed it that way (officially) is because included in the cost they have to submit to whatever group approves these things includes the cost of mission control - so if they pick a worst-case scenario and say "it'll only last 90 days", it cuts the forcasted costs. Then, when the worst-case scenario doesn't happen, they go "wow, for just a bit extra money we can double or triple the scientific value of this thing that cost millions upon millions of dollars!" and from a funding standpoint, it's a no-brainer.

[DeathByTheSword]

i just read that the rover is out of the sanddune and on it marry way to explore the surface of mars and taste some of that great marsian beer they have over there

[Az]

So the launcher can explode on lift-off and scatter nuke material to the four winds. No thanks! Keep my skies nuke free.

How do you suppose we power larger missions in the far future? fairy dust?

[DeathByTheSword]

nah they tried that already with the 'tinkerbell' rocket to bad it exploded on lift off

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
So the launcher can explode on lift-off and scatter nuke material to the four winds. No thanks! Keep my skies nuke free.

Too late: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm