Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
Space.com's Top 20 space photographs of 2006.
Also, Spirit begins its fourth year working on the surface of Mars today. Opportunity marks its anniversary on the 24th. Not too shabby for a couple of rovers whose expected mission length was 90 Martian days. Together, they have driven about ten and a half miles, beamed back nearly 170,000 images, and are still learning new tricks. It may lack the instant drama of human feet walking on the moon, but this program has to be considered one of NASA's gold standard missions.
As is traditional, your hiatus is going splendidly, posting-wise. Bravo, I say.
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at January 3, 2007 06:05 PMAnyone else think NASA is setting the bar low on these expected mission lengths? "Oh, it was only supposed to run for 90 days, but it's been going for FOUR YEARS!!! We rock! Woo-hoo!!!"
Posted by: Gaijin Biker at January 3, 2007 07:32 PMI know for a fact that this happens, but it's usually a factor of 2, not 16.
Posted by: mealworm at January 4, 2007 10:44 AM