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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0509/01marsrovers/
Astounding to think the rovers only had a such a limited life span expectation to begin with, yet they are still going so strong nearly two years on.
I wonder if they could carry on for a few more years yet?! After all it is now midsummer in the southern hemisphere of Mars, and the solar panels will get ample charging from the overhead passing sun in the equatorial locations where the rovers are sited...
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Astounding to think the rovers only had a such a limited life span expectation to begin with, yet they are still going so strong nearly two years on.
I wonder if they could carry on for a few more years yet?! After all it is now midsummer in the southern hemisphere of Mars, and the solar panels will get ample charging from the overhead passing sun in the equatorial locations where the rovers are sited...
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