i don't understand people who are sad over this and/or suggesting expending more effort to retrieve/memorialize/eulogize the rover as if it's a human. it's an inanimate object that has completed a mission that it set out for and it has finished, that should be it. if anything, the only way it should be "memorialized" as a human is just by putting it in history books and other nasa related history for the sake of being there. pretending to be sad over an inanimate object is dumb and it reminds me of those who were trying to keep pluto as a planet because they were pretending to personify it and didn't want to ostracize it.
This little robot gave humanity so much information, and far, far exceeded our expectations.
I'm not crying, you're crying. I wonder if anyone at NASA cried too.
Realistically, bringing it home would be such a massive effort, it'd probably be the most difficult challenge in spaceflight since the moon landing.
I'm not surprised that people feel emotional attachment. I'm pretty bummed about it and actually feel bad for Opportunity.
It is because this little rover did what we all want to do and really is just the embodiment of the human spirit. It was designed to learn and fulfill our curiosities, it was designed to travel a place which we want to set foot on, it was made by humans who want to see our race enter into an age of space travel and exploration.
While Opportunity might be stranded right now, it won't be for long. Eventually a group of explorers will reach that planet and along with it bring the rover back. Hopefully the rover will be preserved and shared as a celebration as the best part of us.
don't be so cold trixil, the rover itself is an icon of mars exploration to many people and people want to remember it by more than just shoving it in a book for a middle school kid to get bored reading
I mean, it's called being human. We impart humanity on things, regardless if they have it or not. For example:
Sometimes such bonds led soldiers to risk their lives for their robots, in a strange inverse of the idea that robots would spare human lives. Singer recounted another EOD soldier who ran 164 feet under machine gun fire to retrieve a robot that had been knocked out of action. And several teams have given their robots promotions, Purple Heart awards for being wounded in combat, and even a military funeral.
From this article
We name cars, give our computers personalities and swear at inanimate objects. Not sure why would you think it'd be weird for people to mourn a robot, especially one stranded on Mars.
RIP Opportunity
I refuse to let it die. Someone get their lazy ass up there and fix him!
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