Our intrepid mars explorers.

Reading a little bad news in our search of sights of daily interest to some of us here at the crazy, Spirit, one of our highly successful mars probes may not survive the martian winter... We understand how some of you might be less than upset about this, but we have been following her exploits since she landed on January 3rd of 2004. She was designed to work for 90 days, but due to the fine work of her engineers in keeping her out of the shade and facing the sun she has of this date been functional for 6 years and 2 days. She has sent back innumerable photos of the stark martian landscape, has traveled 4.80 miles. (I know that doesn't seem like a lot of distance but remember she only travels 2 inches a second at top speed.) Currently she is stuck in a bit of a sandy crater called home plate, in an area the engineers have called "Troy" And they expect her to remain there as two wheels are stuck and she can't seem to move out of the area. So as martian winter sets in they are trying to align her solar panels to point as far north as possible to glean as much sunlight as they can, eventually she will shut down and only springtime will tell if she survives the winter. But we at the crazy think she has more than paid for herself with the data she has sent back. So here's to Spirit, may she not be forgotten as she slowly rusts in the cold martian wind. Ciao for now.