Hail and farewell, Phoenix!

[jhetley]

Well, they knew it couldn't last . . .

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-205

I guess the rovers are still running.  Haven't checked recently.

Comments

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Pretty sad, even though Phoenix was only supposed to be good for ninety days.

Hopefully, somebody will at least keep an ear out to see if this particular Phoenix rises from the dead come Martian springtime.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I believe that the team expects CO2 snow to collapse (or at least break) the solar power array. I know H2O snow does a number on stuff around here each winter . . .