After five years and a five-mile trek across Mars, the rover Spirit is now hub-deep in the Martian soil and has been unable to move for almost two months. If NASA engineers are unable to maneuver Spirit out of its current jam, it may be the end of the line.
– The daily NASA report from Mars is the same day after day: quot;Spirit
remains positioned on the west side of Home Plate. quot; In other words,
Spirit, one of two Mars rovers, is stuck on the side of a sand dune dubbed Troy
and has been since May 6. Will this be the final resting place for
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