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Mars rover officially declared dead.

Built with a life expectancy of 90 days.

Lasted 15 years.

Helluva thing.

We got our moneys worth and then some out of it.

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Built with a life expectancy of 90 days.

Lasted 15 years.
Probably due to the lack of rainfall and not being taken to the beach all the time.
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pfft whatever we could've used that money for some corn or petroleum industry subsidies
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Hey that looks just like my.....backyarddd..it is my backyard and I was wondering about those tracks and what that dead little thing I shot was.
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Hey that looks just like my.....backyarddd..it is my backyard and I was wondering about those tracks and what that dead little thing I shot was.
Wasn't the moon landing done in Nevada?
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Filmed right in Fints backyard..
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Mars rover officially declared dead.

Built with a life expectancy of 90 days.

Lasted 15 years.

Helluva thing.

We got our moneys worth and then some out of it.
We should have NASA building electric cars!

Hmmm... maybe that shouldn't be in green?
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We should have NASA building electric cars!

Hmmm... maybe that shouldn't be in green?
Actually I've long felt that some of NASAs resources should be temporarily re-assigned to that very thing.

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