After 15 years, in what was supposed to be a 3 month trip, NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity might finally be going to sleep for good. NASA is going to try one last time to reach the rover, but if they can't get a response then the program will finally officially shut down.
Submitter: At least now we know Opportunity won't take over the moon: https://xkcd.com/1504/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 14 2019, @06:51AM
So you think you are so smart, trying to contact a machine that you have abandoned on a lifeless world? Have you ever stopped to consider what happened to his twin? Huh? Have you, punk?
Spirit Rover [xkcd.com], imagined by Randall Monroe.