3 1/2 years on a piece of equipment designed for 90 days!!

LOS ANGELES (AP) - They're old and dirty, but NASA's Mars rovers are back in the exploration business after enduring a lengthy Red Planet dust bowl that blocked most of the sunlight they need for power.

With skies gradually brightening, the solar-powered rovers Spirit and Opportunity recently resumed driving and other operations that had been suspended during the dust storm.

"The rovers are in good health and in good shape," said John Callas, the rover project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. "Things have improved from the more dire conditions that were existing previously due to the dust storm on Mars."

Who says Americans cant build a quality product!!!
Actually the man who built this was born in Iran and educated at USC!

with chinese piece though

I dont know. I was looking but this guy is an american he graduated with his phd from USC in 1979!!!

He has won several awards and the project was a NASA exclusive!
Probably top secret, the chips and boards were probably designed by him at NASA'a labratory in Pasadena where he is the director!

Pretty niffty peice of electronics though! Id like to work for him one day!!!

so what your saying shugar is these rovers are still on Mars?!

Nobody like tech news aye!

OK, lets try this!
I heard they put a picture of George Bush inside one Rover, and **** Cheney in the other!

Did the Cheney rover shoot anyone yet?


(Sorry, I never get tired of the "Cheney shot someone" jokes... I still can't believe that this actually *happened*)

Me either anoasis!!

I bet the guy that got shot does though!

I heard when the wheels on them things wont turn anymore they will have just enough power to launch minature Nukes at each other!!!

"I bet the guy that got shot does though!"



And I can't even remember the poor guys name... guess he must have asked for it... hmmm... you reckon Cheney thought he was a terrorist???

Maybe he was going to tell on him for something he lied about!!