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2018-06-13 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Opportunity is stuck in the "worst dust storm we have ever seen" on Mars; "very good chance" it does not survive.

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Posted by 3dc 2018-06-13 12:32|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 This is the best evidence yet of 'global warming'!

Posted by Raj 2018-06-13 12:49|| 2018-06-13 12:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Does that make Opportunity an SUV?

Posted by Jumbo Gleque9110 2018-06-13 15:53|| 2018-06-13 15:53|| Front Page Top

#3 They have named every rock, crack and hole the thing has shown a picture of. Now they can't come up with a name for the dust storm? The idiots at NWS can do named raindrops, call them...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-06-13 16:58|| 2018-06-13 16:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Haboob

Posted by Frank G 2018-06-13 19:39|| 2018-06-13 19:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Opportunity was designed to last 90 'sol' (martian day.) Instead, it lasted some 14 years of useful service.

I'll say we really got our money worth here. I hope it survive.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2018-06-13 21:18|| 2018-06-13 21:18|| Front Page Top

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