Opportunity is gone (Mars Rover)

[Entropy]

Apparently one of the last transmissions NASA sent was this:

 

[NickTheGreat]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened

 

[NorthCyd]

This was a triumph
I'm making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction

 

[cdface]

~56 times its planned operational life. ******* baller.

 

[SpokaneCY]

The advancements to our daily lives that have had their roots in space exploration programs are incalculable.

May we never quit reaching for the stars.

Did you just quote Kasey Kasem????

 

[SpokaneCY]

45+ times its planned operational life. ******* baller.

Mars OG...

 

[isuno1fan]

Wow, maybe someday we can build a refrigerator or a washing machine that lasts 14 years.

My Fridge is 19.5 years old. Still ticking.

Knock on wood.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Did you just quote Kasey Kasem????

I don't think so??? Been a long time since I've heard that name.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

I don't think so??? Been a long time since I've heard that name.

There's some radio station that plays reruns of his countdown on Sunday mornings.

 

[cdface]

Wow, maybe someday we can build a refrigerator or a washing machine that lasts 14 years.

Still going strong:

(not my pic, but my grandma has an identical unit)

 

[NickTheGreat]

My Fridge is 19.5 years old. Still ticking.

Knock on wood.

Your next 4 Fridges will last that long combined.

 

[SpokaneCY]

I don't think so??? Been a long time since I've heard that name.

Found it - yours is much more appropriate...

 

[dtISU]

I'm gonna miss the little guy...

 

[jbhtexas]

Probably abducted by aliens...they will give it some "upgrades" and send it back to us...

 

[NetflixAndClone]

 

[VeloClone]

Probably abducted by aliens...they will give it some "upgrades" and send it back to us...

V'ger.

 

[cstrunk]

And here I thought this thread was about MBB/WBB...

 

[VeloClone]

And here I thought this thread was about MBB/WBB...

To be honest, when I first saw the title I thought it was that Kagavi thread from about a week ago.

 

[GTO]

Think of the technological advances we have made in 14 years. That's one thing that has fascinated me with our space exploration. We have more computing power in a watch than we had in many of our older probes that are still out there probing.

Idea for a NASA t-shirt: "I'd rather be probing."

 

[jbindm]

I'm gonna miss the little guy...

Without his efforts we never would have been able to bring Matt Damon home. Godspeed, Opportunity.