Drive or die

Regarding Spirit’s future agenda of exploration within Gusev crater, "we are now in a ‘drive or die’ situation," Squyres said. The robot’s set of power-providing solar wings are dusty.

Given the upcoming winter on Mars, with the Sun dropping low in the sky, ground controllers need to park Spirit onto north facing slopes. "We effectively sort of have to hibernate when we get into the depths of winter," Squyres said.

Identifying prospective safe havens for Spirit is a task yet to be completed.

"We’re hoping within a week or two to be on a nice, toasty and warm north-facing slope that will enable us to survive yet another winter on Mars," Squyres concluded.

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Thanks all. Patches had a pretty good life after she was rescued and came to stay with us, and still managed to, sick, underweight, and moving very slowly, to terrorize the other cats and dog in the house up to the day she died, so what else can any cat want..?

she really made sure of that EW in the middle.

She was speaking to the quality of the end product.

eta: So sorry to hear about your cat, CaBil.

BOW-tique, here. I'm wondering if it's one of those very small areas that say it that way. Wisconsin has some very peculiar pronounciations and word usages. Bubbler, anyone?

BOW-tique, here. I'm wondering if it's one of those very small areas that say it that way. Wisconsin has some very peculiar pronounciations and word usages. Bubbler, anyone?

::hands SailAweigh a pop::

{{CaBil & Ms.H}} So sorry for your loss.

I thought bubbler was a New England-ism.

I thought bubbler was a New England-ism.

Dunno, but that's what everyone calls them in Wisconsin....

I've heard bow and boo and neither hurts my ears.

Top 'o the Morning!

You mean others use bubbler? I thought that was just a Wisconsin thing! Cool.

::takes pop, hands Tommyrot some lutefisk::