Blog Post #8

The video I chose is of the Mars rover that got stuck and may loose it's power and die. The rover titled Spirit was built to last only 90 days but ended up being on Mars surface for six years. But now the rover got stuck and will loose its power by May because the solar panels are facing away from the sun. The sister rover is on the other side of the planet and combined the two rovers have traveled 15 miles. 

"NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit skipped a planned communication session on March 30 and, as anticipated from recent power-supply projections, has probably entered a low-power hibernation mode. 
In this mode, the rover's clock keeps running, but communications and other activities are suspended in order to put all available energy into heating and battery recharging. When the battery charge is adequate, the rover attempts to wake up and communicate on a schedule it knows." (http://marsrover.nasa.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/20100331a.html)