Red Rover, Red Rover

[Scarecrow]

send some DATA right over

NASA has not heard from the rover in over 24hrs, I wonder if Marvin the Martian is taking it for a ride.

[BIBI]

I bet it was that wascally wabbit....

[musketeer]

It'll be the same lot who pinched the British probe - have the Scousers got there already? ;)

[LixyChick]

LMAO@the mental pic of Martin the Martian riding "the bull"!

Damn! I wonder what actually happened?

[sillyme]

Looks like the Great Galactic Ghoul has struck again!

[Lilith]

I heard that they got beeps and radio fuzz and knew their messages were getting to it but could not get anything substancial back from it now.

[Irish]

It was probably,Ben & J-Los fault.They are not transmitting anymore,either! Irish

[jseal]

gentlefolk,

The BBC reports now that there have been two "good" communications.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3423717.stm

[Catch22]

NASA has put their best man on the job!

[lakritze]

I'll bet if they look behind the rover,they'll find it unplugged.heh heh hhe

[jseal]

Catch22,

That was the Smart thing to do!

[Scarecrow]

Just heard that it is a software problem. They are trying to reboot the rover, but it may take up to 2 weeks to get the software updated.

[jseal]

Gentlefolk,

The Mars rover Opportunity has rolled off its lander on to the surface of the planet, a week after arrival. The operation went as planned with the rover travelling a distance of three meters.

The science can now start for Opportunity.

Yeah team!

[Glyndwr]

Originally posted by Scarecrow
Just heard that it is a software problem. They are trying to reboot the rover, but it may take up to 2 weeks to get the software updated.

Is it running a Windows OS? In which case there will be a patch out in about 3 months if enough people complain

[jseal]

Glyndwr,

That's harsh dude! Real harsh!

[Catch22]

The new Rover has found rocks that can only be formed by water.