Comments on: Spirit http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/01/29/spirit/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:04:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cris http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/01/29/spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 Cris Wed, 19 May 2010 21:58:33 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=353#comment-1563 this comic got me all choked up when I read it *sniff* poor little rover... also that line about how 'a good rover would keep going, a good rover like they wanted' sounds quite familiar, source anyone? this comic got me all choked up when I read it *sniff* poor little rover…

also that line about how ‘a good rover would keep going, a good rover like they wanted’ sounds quite familiar, source anyone?

]]> By: Leerlaufprozess http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/01/29/spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-1263 Leerlaufprozess Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:19:11 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=353#comment-1263 It's also important to note that both rovers on the mars surface were expected to last 90 days because of dust building up on the solar pannels but both far exceeded that period (because of marsian sandstorms). Both experienced casualties during that time and one (apparently the one in the comic) got irreversibly stuck. It’s also important to note that both rovers on the mars surface were expected to last 90 days because of dust building up on the solar pannels but both far exceeded that period (because of marsian sandstorms). Both experienced casualties during that time and one (apparently the one in the comic) got irreversibly stuck.

]]> By: Matt H http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/01/29/spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 Matt H Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:05:51 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=353#comment-1247 I believe technically the Smithsonian now owns the Viking landers from the 1970s, all they have to do is collect them :-) I believe technically the Smithsonian now owns the Viking landers from the 1970s, all they have to do is collect them :-)

]]> By: TheBladeRoden http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/01/29/spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 TheBladeRoden Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:17:49 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=353#comment-1246 Maybe in a few hundred years we'll rescue it Maybe in a few hundred years we’ll rescue it

]]> By: H.B. http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/01/29/spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 H.B. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:10:26 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=353#comment-1245 and it refers to 'Moon' and it refers to ‘Moon’

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