https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/24/mars-orbiter-adjusts-rover-gets-twitter-account/ Sun, 05 Aug 2012 08:13:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/24/mars-orbiter-adjusts-rover-gets-twitter-account/#comment-493990 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 08:13:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12933#comment-493990 […] tip:  Mars Orbited Adjusts, Rover Gets Twitter Account from Greg Laden on Science Blogs Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like […]

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/07/24/mars-orbiter-adjusts-rover-gets-twitter-account/#comment-493989 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 03:03:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12933#comment-493989 Excellent … These sorts of contortions become typical of ageing platforms doing work they weren’t originally scheduled to do; I certainly don’t envy the folks involved – there’s always a lot of work to be done and a lot of work to be checked in these situations and it’s usually additional work for people who already have a lot to deal with. Those folks are doing a great job with the limited (and occasionally failing) resources they have at hand. Hell, a lot of these instruments are working years beyond their designed operational period, but folks will keep pushing ’em so long as they can get something useful back.

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