Topic: =/\= way to go spirit. you did a great job. nasa officially gives up on spirit

[stoneyface]

we salute you spirit! <S>

slated to last 3 months, you lasted 6 years! you did an amazing job and it is hard not to think of you as a living thing. nasa has given up trying to re-establish contact with the spirit rover after a year of loss. they will now focus on the next big project called MSL. someday i hope that humans are able to walk up to spirit and see it. read the great article here: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/25/nasa-lets-go-of-spirit/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BadAstronomyBlog+%28Bad+Astronomy%29