And for those who foolishly think they might be higher on the evolutionary table....
!0 Years on MARS and still going. So we, the USA, can build a car that will last past the warrenty date.


10 Years on Mars: Opportunity Still Roving

Fri, 01/24/2014 - 2:30pm

Alicia Chang, AP Science Writer



10 Years on Mars: Opportunity Still Roving This artist rendering released by NASA shows the NASA rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars. Opportunity landed on the red planet on January 24, 2004, and is still exploring. Its twin Spirit stopped communicating in 2010. (AP Photo/NASA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A decade after landing on Mars, the rover Opportunity is still chugging along.
Sure, it has some wear and tear. One of its six wheels and two instruments stopped working long ago. It has an arthritic joint. Its flash memory occasionally suffers a senior moment









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