What Happened to Spirit Rover on Mars?

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The Spirit Rover on Mars experienced communication failures, leading to concerns about its operational status. Initially, it entered a reboot cycle, risking total power loss, but NASA managed to establish contact and identified the issue as related to its flash memory. Optimism grew as Spirit resumed sending data and regained some scientific capabilities. The rover's design allows for operation without the faulty memory, and NASA expressed confidence in its potential to exceed its mission objectives. Overall, while challenges remain, there is hope for the rover's continued functionality and success in its mission.
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If they did go through with manned-space missions to Mars, I don't think they would be unequipped for fixing problems. They would be equipped to fix everything, when something goes wrong(and it will). Mars is a far way to fly without any tools. How do you think they fix satellites,telescopes?
 
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Spirit update:
Spirit sent back its first image since the problems started last week. But more repairs are still needed.
 
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It is the 30th of Jan., and according to http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_update_040130.html , Spirit has regained scientific capability!

It is expected they will be able to proceed without eliminating the flas memory from the loop. Now let's go RAT a rock!
 
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