Mars Rovers still rockin'

[murraysovereign]

Not only are both these things still chugging away, but now they're bagging summits! What was their designed life expectancy - something like a couple of months? A year and a half later and they seem to be just getting warmed up.

 

Of course, it's just a matter of time before Fido gets wind of this and starts slagging "Spirit" for not having independent verification and impartial timers and providing GPS track-logs and proper summit photos and such.

[JoshK]

Too bad the stupid Euros couldn't even get theres onto the planet's surface intact!!! HA!

[murraysovereign]

Careful, now. As I recall, good ole 'Murican Ingenuity sent some multi-million dollar payload spinning off into the depths of space because someone down there couldn't understand metric. It's pretty easy, really - you just multiply and divide by tens, instead of twelves or sixteens or whatever that quaint, archaic system you people are still clinging to is based on. What is it again - barley corns, or someone's fore-arm or something?

[JoshK]

Hey, nobody would like to see the "english" measurement system die more than I would!

[Dru]

If this Rover's rockin, don't come Martian

[EWolfe]

You probably advocate the euro, too.

 

Why do you hate America so much?

[olyclimber]

Our goes to 11. How more times do you want to hear that?

[olyclimber]

Not only that, but he hates the freedoms that we stand for!

[JoshK]

You probably advocate the euro, too.

 

Why do you hate America so much?

 

I assume this is a joke, or did peter puget steal your account?

 

The Euro...what a stupid name that is. We should join up with Canada and create the "Americano"

[olyclimber]

Or Mexico and create the "latino"

[Dru]

Or Norway and create the Nono

[olyclimber]

that didn't quite work, did it?