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Old 01-24-2007, 07:06 PM
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An engineering triumph IMO. Originally designed to last 90 days the rovers are going into their 4th year of operation. I think it would be fun to work for NASA or JPL. Maybe in my next life.

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Something for Americans to be proud of !
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Something for Americans to be proud of !
Well as a Canadian I'm not too proud of this latest decision from Ottawa:

Ottawa won't back Canadian-built Mars rover
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/...ars-rover.html
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I think it would be fun to work for NASA or JPL. Maybe in my next life.
Yeah, that would be cool.... Anybody know if they do random drug testing?

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That IS indeed something to be very proud of...
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That is too cool. Love the video on that when you can get it.
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Well as a Canadian I'm not too proud of this latest decision from Ottawa:

Ottawa won't back Canadian-built Mars rover
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/...ars-rover.html
That's sad... world leading technology having the 'plug pulled' on it. Seems like the AVRO Arrow all over again.
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Agreed: props to NASA/JPL!!
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That's sad... world leading technology having the 'plug pulled' on it. Seems like the AVRO Arrow all over again.
I was thinking the exact same thing! Many of the Canadian scientists working on the AVRO project went south to work for NASA after they canned it.
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