Could We Have Saved the Opportunity Rover? | SciShow News

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For more than a decade, Opportunity has been one of our best tools for understanding Mars, but after eight months of listening and hoping, it was officially time to put the rover to bed. Hosted by: Caitlin Hofmeister SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Greg, Alex Schuerch, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8348/opportunity-hunkers-down-during-dust-storm/ https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-record-setting-opportunity-rover-mission-on-mars-comes-to-end https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7318 https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8370/opportunity-emerges-in-a-dusty-picture/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/rover-status/opportunity/recent/all/#sols-5347 https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8414/six-things-to-know-about-nasas-opportunity-rover/ https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8412/nasas-insight-prepares-to-take-mars-temperature/ https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8409/360-video-curiosity-rover-departs-vera-rubin-ridge/ https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/ExoMars/ESA_s_Mars_rover_has_a_name_Rosalind_Franklin https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7286 http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/charts/mars_landing_site_map_lakdawalla.html https://rps.nasa.gov/power-and-thermal-systems/thermal-systems/light-weight-radioisotope-heater-unit/ https://www.popsci.com/nasa-can-make-3-more-nuclear-batteries-and-thats-it https://www.nature.com/news/nuclear-power-desperately-seeking-plutonium-1.16411 Images: https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/21920/2018-giant-dust-storm-on-mars/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Opportunity_in_Endurance_Crater_(cropped).jpg https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/5863/birds-eye-view-of-opportunity-at-erebus/ https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/6176/cleaned-solar-arrays-gleam-in-mars-rovers-new-selfie/ https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/22054/opportunity-after-the-dust-storm/ https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/6944/martian-blueberries/ https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer20111207.html https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-record-setting-opportunity-rover-mission-on-mars-comes-to-end https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/22273/curiositys-selfie-at-rock-hall/ https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/22299/hp3-on-the-martian-surface/?site=insight https://m.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2017/03/ExoMars_rover http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/charts/mars_landing_site_map_lakdawalla.html https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia21635/nasa-s-mars-2020-rover-artist-s-concept Thumbnail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Mars_Rover.jpg


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