Spirit, and Opportunity. Yes, They are Still Alive.
February 17, 2006 – 8:52 pm
If you recall, around two years ago NASA sent two rovers to the red panet, Mars. They were expected to only live for about 90 day, but have long out lived the expectaion. The two rovers have found much evidence that there once existed water on Mars. Aparently, recently there was just a breakthrough. One rover just found a diffrent type of rock! It may not sound like much, but its a discovery according to NASA.
A week ago, we got to ‘Home Plate’ (in the Gusev Crater), and 12 hours ago we found this fine-grained stuff, In a few weeks, we hope to learn what it’s made of.”– Steven Squyres, the project’s lead scientific investigator, said Thursday during a packed keynote speech at the RSA Conference 2006 here.