Anniversaries in Space Exploration: Spirit Landing Plus 10!

[dewline]

Mike Norton reminded me over on Facebook that we have an anniversary to celebrate in space exploration today: the tenth anniversary of the landing of the rover Spirit on Mars!

Spirit was expected to last six months before shutting down. But as of today, it's still operational. Here's a virtual salute to the team that built that rover (far better than anyone knew, to our continued joy!) and everyone who's worked with it in the years since then!

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[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Andrew says someone has already posted a link to this (http://xkcd.com/695/) on his Facebook feed, but I've decided I prefer to think of the anniversary like this. (http://youtu.be/Y6ljFaKRTrI)

[dewline.livejournal.com]

I've seen the XKCD cartoon. I'd love to see a follow-up.