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  1. Feb 13th, 2019, 03:42 PM #1
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    Opportunity Rover. End of mission. 2019-02-13

    Every once in a while xkcd hits you in the feels...
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    https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0213150035.htm


    For 15 years Opportunity has provided us with a window to another planet. When - not if, but when - we get there, I hope someone finds it, dusts it off and puts it in a place of honor. There's a Navy saying "Fair winds and following seas..." ... Not sure what the Martian equivalent should be, but I feel like there should be something.

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    Re: Opportunity Rover. End of mission. 2019-02-13

    Does seem like a worthy scavenger hunt.
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    Re: Opportunity Rover. End of mission. 2019-02-13

    Number 5 is ALIVE!!
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    Re: Opportunity Rover. End of mission. 2019-02-13

    "Fair winds and following seas..." ... Not sure what the Martian equivalent should be, but I feel like there should be something.
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    Re: Opportunity Rover. End of mission. 2019-02-13

    Perhaps it decided to start planting potatoes.
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    Re: Opportunity Rover. End of mission. 2019-02-13

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    Re: Opportunity Rover. End of mission. 2019-02-13

    Final last "words"

    "My battery is low and it's getting dark."

    https://laist.com/2019/02/16/jpl_mar...tting_dark.php

    Turns out that wasn't true...

    https://futurism.com/the-byte/dead-m...-battery-thing
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