Goodbye, Mars Global Surveyor?
Nov. 14th, 2006 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sdelmonteThe Mars Global Surveyor, in orbit around Mars longer than any other probe, hasn't phoned home in a few days. JPL is worried but not unduly so.
This might be the end for a probe that never got the attention the Mars rovers have, but that increased our knowledge of the Red Planet greatly. And like many of JPL's probes, it lasted a good deal onger than it was supposed to. Some people points to the failures and wonder how we could have failed. I point at the successes and marvel at how much we can do.
I hope it's not the end, but if it is, here's to you, MGS!
This might be the end for a probe that never got the attention the Mars rovers have, but that increased our knowledge of the Red Planet greatly. And like many of JPL's probes, it lasted a good deal onger than it was supposed to. Some people points to the failures and wonder how we could have failed. I point at the successes and marvel at how much we can do.
I hope it's not the end, but if it is, here's to you, MGS!
