Celebrate With The Mars Exploration Rover Team
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
The Planetary Society
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🗓️ 12 April 2004
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Join us for a Mars party on planetary radio. Oh, First of the Mars Exploration Rovers reached a milestone last week. |
| 0:24.6 | The little six-wheeled explorer was warranted to last three months on the Red Planet. |
| 0:30.0 | It has survived that period in near perfect health with perhaps months more activity ahead. |
| 0:35.8 | Over on the other side of Mars, opportunity is also going strong, making new discoveries |
| 0:40.1 | every day. |
| 0:41.1 | Reason enough to celebrate, but the MIR team at the Jet Propulsion Lab near |
| 0:45.7 | Pasadena, California, had yet another incentive to party. After three months of life on Mars |
| 0:50.8 | time, the decision has been made to return to Earth. |
| 0:54.8 | No more crazy creeping schedules shifting 39 minutes each day to stay in step with one side |
| 1:01.2 | or the other of Mars. |
| 1:02.7 | Finally, a return to more or less normal life |
| 1:05.8 | with their families. |
| 1:07.2 | The Planetary Society decided it was once again time |
| 1:09.9 | to let them know how much the rest of us |
| 1:12.0 | appreciate their heroic work. |
| 1:14.1 | So the invitations went out for an informal gathering. |
| 1:17.5 | The society brought the pizza, beer, and soft drinks. |
| 1:20.6 | The scientists and engineers brought spouses and children lots of children. |
| 1:25.0 | Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls welcome to the Planetary Society. Thank you. I'm Bruce Bats, Director Projects. We're having this party largely to thank all of you for helping us out, providing a great mission that we've |
| 1:45.1 | continue to see enormous interest from the public, from our membership for |
| 1:49.8 | helping us out with our Red Rover Goes to Mars project, an official part of the mission. |
| 1:55.0 | Many of you have helped us a great deal working with the most visible aspect, |
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