5.5.09

Rover Slip

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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An action shot from Spirit, as she slips backwards in ground that proved too steep. Spirit has been struggling more than Opportunity, due to her paralysed front wheel, but recently she's also been showing a few lapses of memory that NASA hopes is not symptomatic of the onset of a decline into senility.

3 comments:

Zhoen said...

Strangely sad...

gnome said...

Always cared for handicapped mentally challenged robots in space...

tinker said...

But she still keeps trying her best, bless her little robotic... uh - whatever passes for a heart, in robots!