{"id":648,"date":"2009-12-12T18:34:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T23:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/?p=648"},"modified":"2009-12-12T18:34:49","modified_gmt":"2009-12-12T23:34:49","slug":"mars-rovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/2009\/mars-rovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars Rovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marsrover.nasa.gov\/home\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"649\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/2009\/mars-rovers\/mars_rover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mars_rover.jpg?fit=520%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"520,348\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mars Rover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mars_rover.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mars_rover.jpg?fit=520%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-649\" title=\"Mars Rover\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mars_rover.jpg?resize=520%2C348\" alt=\"Mars Rover\" width=\"520\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mars_rover.jpg?w=520&amp;ssl=1 520w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/mars_rover.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/779px-MarsSunset.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/2009\/mars-rovers\/779px-marssunset\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/779px-MarsSunset.jpg?fit=779%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"779,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mars Sunset\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/779px-MarsSunset.jpg?fit=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/779px-MarsSunset.jpg?fit=779%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-650 alignnone\" title=\"Mars Sunset\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/779px-MarsSunset.jpg?resize=520%2C401\" alt=\"Mars Sunset\" width=\"520\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/779px-MarsSunset.jpg?w=779&amp;ssl=1 779w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/779px-MarsSunset.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mars Sunset taken by Spirit Rover<\/p>\n<p>I just have to acknowledge the amazing job that the <a href=\"http:\/\/marsrover.nasa.gov\/home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mars Exploration Rover<\/a> project has done. Launched January 25, 2004, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opportunity_rover\" target=\"_blank\">Opportunity<\/a> rover has operated for <span>2332 days &#8211; over 20 times its planned 90 day lifespan. It is still operating and sending back photos &amp; data. Even the Spirit rover (launched June 3, 2003) which has been stuck in soft soil since May 2009 is still operational.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s hard enough to make things work on this planet &#8211; hats off to the design team!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mars Sunset taken by Spirit Rover I just have to acknowledge the amazing job that the Mars Exploration Rover project has done. Launched January 25, 2004, the Opportunity rover has operated for 2332 days &#8211; over 20 times its planned 90 day lifespan. It is still operating and sending back photos &amp; data. 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