by Star*Hopper » Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:39 pm
Yeah, I believe that's the one. They were afraid if it got down in there it couldn't get back out, & as said, trundled off to greener(
) pastures.
Adding: I'd have to say Spirit (1st) and Opp'y too (as I've come to call her) are my favorite two 'space vehicles' as far as robotic ops. (Tho Hubble's my 'idol'.) I've really rooted for Spirit since the day it landed; marveling at how plucky it's been. I think of it up there, gimping around dragging a bad wheel - it just captured my heart. And how it & Opp'y both have lasted so-o-o-o much longer than anticipated....to me they represent some of the finest in engineering accomplishments I think we've witnessed in several decades, if not the century. If there's a shrine on Mars, I hope they find it!
They make me think of the li'l 'bots* left to maintain the last Earth forest in 'Silent Running'...an all-time fave movie of mine. Pretty deep story there, if you've never seen/heard of it.
*(Yes, I know -- Huey, Dewey & Louie) 
~S*H
Yeah, I believe that's the one. They were afraid if it got down in there it couldn't get back out, & as said, trundled off to greener( :wink: ) pastures.
Adding: I'd have to say Spirit (1st) and Opp'y too (as I've come to call her) are my favorite two 'space vehicles' as far as robotic ops. (Tho Hubble's my 'idol'.) I've really rooted for Spirit since the day it landed; marveling at how plucky it's been. I think of it up there, gimping around dragging a bad wheel - it just captured my heart. And how it & Opp'y both have lasted so-o-o-o much longer than anticipated....to me they represent some of the finest in engineering accomplishments I think we've witnessed in several decades, if not the century. If there's a shrine on Mars, I hope they find it!
They make me think of the li'l 'bots* left to maintain the last Earth forest in 'Silent Running'...an all-time fave movie of mine. Pretty deep story there, if you've never seen/heard of it.
[size=85]*(Yes, I know -- Huey, Dewey & Louie)[/size] :mrgreen:
~S*H