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NASA's Curiosity rover clocks 4,000 days on Mars (phys.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/space

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[–] Cocodapuf 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We should have baked a cake or something...

[–] SgtAStrawberry 2 points 1 year ago

If we start now, we can probably have it delivered just in time for 4500 days.

[–] Kbobabob 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Days? Why is this not measured in SOL?

[–] grue 6 points 1 year ago

Four thousand Martian days

Apparently it is measured in sols, and it was just the headline that was ambiguous.

[–] ADON15 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because we live on earth

[–] Kbobabob 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Curiosity doesn't and that's what the article is about.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Curiosity isn't the one reading the article.

[–] essteeyou 1 points 1 year ago

Write for your audience, exactly.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But lost 1/3 of it tires

[–] witheyeandclaw 7 points 1 year ago

Yarr, the red rocks be a cruel mistress!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well after the planned two year mission...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That little broken wheeled beast is still trucking along like nothings happened.