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NASA's Curiosity rover clocks 4,000 days on Mars (phys.org)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/space
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[โ€“] Cocodapuf 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We should have baked a cake or something...

[โ€“] SgtAStrawberry 2 points 10 months ago

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

[โ€“] Kbobabob 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Days? Why is this not measured in SOL?

[โ€“] grue 6 points 10 months ago

Four thousand Martian days

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

[โ€“] ADON15 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because we live on earth

[โ€“] Kbobabob 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Curiosity isn't the one reading the article.

[โ€“] essteeyou 1 points 10 months ago

Write for your audience, exactly.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

But lost 1/3 of it tires

[โ€“] witheyeandclaw 7 points 10 months ago

Yarr, the red rocks be a cruel mistress!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Well after the planned two year mission...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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