<<@Biographics
says :
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<<@Classica_1750
says :
seriously dropping both Crazy Diamond AND Killer Queen in one video? Simon, pray tell, are you a STAND user? Also I was at my Junior High years when Spirit died, and when Opportunity died, it was Valentines day morning, me going home from work, where my heart broke
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<<@sodoesrachael_
says :
Not me crying over a robot.... RIP Opportunity, we still love you.
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<<@Vollification
says :
I promised not to cry, I promised not to cry, I promised not to cry.... *crying* p_p
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<<@briandoss9232
says :
Absolutely breathtakingly enormous waste of time, brainpower, and money. But fascinating all the same. I remember checking on Oppy every day until the end.
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<<@ehrldawg
says :
Youve obviously ran out of ideas. May i suggest General John J Pershing.
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<<@fratercontenduntocculta8161
says :
Crazy to think Mars is a planet inhabited entirely by robots
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<<@GrayNeko
says :
That was beautiful. Goodnight, Oppy. You will never be forgotten. ^_^
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<<@keith_5584
says :
So does Red Planet have good producers, or did Nasa have the same idea about the bouncing fruit airbags?
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<<@donsandsii4642
says :
Opportunity getting 2 hour bio pic
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<<@ckl9390
says :
Like the Voyager twins, Opportunity is from an era where probes and rovers, assuming they survived the initial stages of the mission, long outlasted their intended mission lifetime.
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<<@Braxxen1991
says :
I'm actually tearing up at Oppy's end.
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<<@draznin
says :
Thanks. I pretty much cried through that whole thing.
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<<@Fourwedge
says :
Wow, this looks just like Iceland.
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<<@Cheffe919
says :
American congress be like: 800 million for science? How dare you! Also American congress: Trillions in wars that we started? Where do we sign. It always makes me chuckle when I hear congress
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<<@playstation10able
says :
Always wondered why they didn't Install wipers on the solar panels to clear the dust lol
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<<@shugadaddy4841
says :
Wow. Great read. You made the rovers come to life and made me see them as more than metal machines. I actual feel mournful of them
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<<@its_A_me_Njobe
says :
cool video and topic and all... but why isn't it on mega projects or whatever?
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<<@MrCheckster2000
says :
I was in the engineering team for the curiosity rover....what a cool, exciting project!!
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<<@danimossi3625
says :
Interesting yes, but has anyone else struggled to concentrate because of that unusual hair? No disrespect intended, but I struggled to focus because I couldn’t work out why anyone would expect to be taken seriously with that unusual choice.
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<<@torbayfruitsandjackpots1678
says :
Of course you can’t start the story from when the rover landed on mars.I was waiting for you to say,’ well,when NASA scientists love each other very much……..’😝😝😂
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<<@NICOLAI_VET
says :
Mars. The only known planet populated with only robots. 👍🏽
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<<@Darkstar.....
says :
If the earth is destroyed by an asteroid that little plucky rover will be some of the only evidence for our existence.
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<<@stevenmartinek815
says :
Simon Whistler jumped from a trampoline and landed on Mars long before the rovers did. He spent 2 days mapping the entire surface and collecting samples of the soil. He did this without a space suit and helmet. Among the samples Mr. Whistler studied while still on the surface showed signs of water and the existence of bacteria which Mr. Whister determined in his great wisdom that Mars was once teeming with intelligent life. Mr. Whistler kept this a secret so the explorers and researchers would always have a job.
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<<@13thravenpurple94
says :
Great work 🥳 Thank you 💜
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<<@pastlife960
says :
The first colony on Mars should be named Opportunity
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<<@multiyapples
says :
Pretty cool and interesting.
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<<@mattfissell3068
says :
I always get a kick out of Simon reading the word conductive, when it has clearly been written as conducive. It's all the same to us, I suppose.
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<<@ericwilder9892
says :
Haven't watched Wall-E but have to now. You should do more movie reviews.
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<<@Rathclav
says :
Thanks Simon, I needed that.
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<<@TheMistersnoid
says :
I think it's also important to mention that at one point they used it to draw a dick in the sand
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<<@bradlevantis913
says :
This was a great biographics topic.
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<<@willmfrank
says :
"My battery is low, and it's getting dark..." 😢
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<<@BMW7series251
says :
What a brilliant vlog. Thank you.
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<<@AngryIrishMan
says :
On the brightside, Elon can pick them up while he is out there and keep them as souvenirs. I bet one of them would make an awesome desk
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<<@tdjf81
says :
conductive? conducive
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<<@doomy_mcdoomerson
says :
Simon, there’s one feat you failed to mention: On March 11, 2004, Spirit pointed it’s camera upwards and took a picture of Earth. It was the first picture of Earth taken from the surface of another planet.
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<<@wterlep
says :
New channel: Robographics
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<<@Istandby666
says :
Listening to this makes me happy to know, I grew up in the best time to believe. The kid's of today have no understanding what it took us to do,, so they can live a lazy life.
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<<@Istandby666
says :
When humans finally make it to Mars, these robot's will be collected and brought back for a history museum.
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<<@yvindwestersund9720
says :
And then IN an not so far future There she is and the coolest selfi will be taken by the visitors from earth Acknowledging the true trailblazer she was Opening up the landscape of MARS to humanity for all to see RIP opertunety well done Just saying 🇧🇻
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<<@xx3868
says :
Rovers dont last long and especially on Venus!, So you dont get attached to them but 14 years??? Yeah, that would have been close to losing another human you knew a long time or even family.....
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<<@dylanstephens4075
says :
I still don't understand how given all the money and thought put into these machines, no one could seem to figure out how to build in some kind of brush for the panels. Or maybe just a small compressor with small outlet ports stationed around the panels that could blast concentrated blasts at regular intervals to keep the panels clean. I dunno, maybe it's just me but if I'm sending something to another planet I'd want to take every step possible to increase longevity.
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<<@Sir_Uncle_Ned
says :
Opportunity was an incredible machine. The little rover that could. It went beyond even the wildest expectations of longevity and slowly traversed its way into our hearts as it studied the red planet like never before. With the modern rovers having RTG power sources, we may be seeing that mars endurance record fall as ever more sophisticated rovers, aircraft, and eventually, human vehicles start to cover more distance. But Oppy was a true wonder of engineering.
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<<@thcdreams654
says :
Another awesome video. Thanks brotato salad.
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<<@lewesc
says :
I absolutely would have voted for Marsy Mc Mars Face
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<<@jordenpenitch1532
says :
If the robots ever take over just hide behind some sand
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<<@wesleymorris6862
says :
I'm sad this has so few views after a week.
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<<@laurabrewer9131
says :
I have never felt so attached to a robot/computer before. I'm practically in tears. But, it's a beautiful story.
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<<@psyclotronxx3083
says :
oh look, three toxic white men!
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