A Tale of Two Rovers

The Mars Exploration Rovers "Spirit" and "Opportunity" were sent to Mars for what was planned to be a 90 day mission. 5 years later they are still roving the surface of Mars, making new discoveries almost every day. This video celebrates the extraordinary success of these "Intrepid Explorers".

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Mars
• NASA
• rovers

[webkinzgirl12344321]

i cant wait until the new rover gets on mars!!

[loadedlover12]

MARS is so cool... i want to see people living on it

[balouthewatz]

great video!

[thegreeensky]

nice video.. thanks fro sharing...

[KarbineKyle]

AMAZING! 5 YEARS + MORE! Sometimes, you expect a mission is only going to last for a short time, but when you put your mind to what you love, by putting these rovers to the ultimate test on how they're going to survive on Mars, and to know you must build every component, circuit, and robotic part that has to work, free of contamination with precise hardware and software testing without fail, or else the whole mission will fail, yet they achieved more than ever thought possible! THAT'S A TRIUMPH!

[buuyon]

@marellamofo Why though? Why does it matter if there is rovers on Mars? What harm is that? Its not messing with wildlife or plants or anything. There is no life on Mars, nothing is going to be affected by them being there. Also, they are studying the dead planet to find out more about it. To find out more about our universe. There are people working on the questions of Earth, but not every scientist on the planet cares about Earth.

[marellamofo]

@buuyon

Well they need to figure out a way for those rovers to pack their own junk up and ET their own butts back home. And If Mars is such a dead planet and it seems like it's been that way for billions of years, then what is there for the scientist to study? There are major questions here on Earth and I pretty sure so are the answers. The probability that man will reach the end of our own solar system is ZERO. Mars is NOT OUR PLANET.

[buuyon]

@marellamofo God forbid a broken rover stays on Mars. Its going to affect the wildlife of a lifeless planet soooo much!

Seriously dude...whats it matter if there is "trash" on Mars? Nothing lives there, nothing is going to see it. Mars is a dead planet, learning more about the planet will bring more use than just looking at it with telescopes.

[marellamofo]

@SayaAensland

Yes!! Mar just like Earth has been around for over 4 billion years and man has only been on this planet for under 150 thousand years and you and the arrogant feelings of others feel because they need to know what is going on in the Universe, you have the right to dump junk on another planet? Those rovers do not belong there. Study Mars from your own backyard. If they are going to put space probes from Earth on other planets, then try to figure out how to get them back to Earth.

[SayaAensland]

@marellamofo So we should close our eyes, plug our ears and be as ignorant as possible about the universe around us? Yyyyeah, no thanks.

[marellamofo]

Oh just great! go and put junk on another planet. We do not belong on Mars. It just kills me on how all these scientist come from a world that is so full of junk yet they feel it's their business to put crap on another planet. Get your own damn house in order, before you go exploring others. Let's see, humans will end up on Mars and you will have WAR, HATE, and GREEDY ASS RICH PEOPLE who think they are entitle, running around just like you have here on Earth. Explore your own damn planet. >:-/