Spirit's Last Moves Before Winter

Recent drives by the Spirit rover from Jan. 14 to Feb. 4, 2010 (Sols 2145 to 2165) moved the center of the rover approximately 13.4 inches (34 centimeters) backwards. Since Jan 26 (sol 2157), drive commands have concentrated on placing Spirit into a favorable tilt toward the sun as the Martian winter approaches.

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[myholynoodles]

Have a safe winter in Mars, dear Spirit!

[glashoppah]

@ganymedeIV4 Good grief, you idiot. A+ cert??? HAHAHAHA!

A couple of "associates degrees" from tech school don't count for jack, and your certs are available to any trained monkey. You have no concept of what it takes to earn a PhD. Go complete the first year of EE at any real university that focuses on engineering and come back and let us know what you thought of your first Calc or Physics class. You can barely spell.

[1moe7]

Nice footage.

Go Spirit GO!!!

[awade1007]

Sorry to burst your bubble chum, but no, as far as the computer industry is concerned only a PhD in Computer Science is "pretty much" a doctorate, you aren't even close. Get a clue and a real education before you post your mindless, inane drivel on here.

[skyscraperjim]

I didn't realize that Spirit could be driven that much, I thought it was stuck to the point that it could only be "rocked" a couple centimeters in any direction.

[pnd97]

Spirit Bulldozer!

Check that rock get pushed around in the forward (backward looking) motion video.

[DerekUnit]

I'm confused is it still stuck or not?

[ganymedeIV4]

lol quit trollin on the JPLnews channel. Its a free interweb, people should be able to say what they would like.how they would like to say it, without having dicks come out of left field and talk some shit.

just sayin' I'm not a thug or a white dude want to be thug, i just live in the south where a lot of black people happen to live. So I really can't help that I've absorbed some of that culture into my own. People would call me a regular dude i suppose. don't really fit the "geek" profile.

[ganymedeIV4]

Lol I've got two associates degrees in Computer Engineering and Network logistics, hold a MCSE /Partner (Microsoft)certification among other lesser certifications like A+, Network +, and IBM NetPoS a/b/c. That's pretty much a doctorates degree as far as the computer industry is concerned.

I've enlightened high five digit numbers in my bank account, if thats what you mean Mr.Scientologist

Quit hatin' on me for "talkin thug". Talk how i want to, It's my life and my comment box w/ 500 charc

[mariuszny]

rear gear and pedal to the metal.

If it doesn't work just forget about this crap.