There's trouble right here in Mars City, with the Little Mars Rovers That Could finding themselves increasingly hampered by broken or malfunctioning parts.
New Scientist offers a run-down of the latest mechanical glitches in the NASA rovers that continue to comb the Martian surface almost four years after their mission was designed to end. The Opportunity rover is in the worst shape, with two key components that guide its rock-grinding and infrared spectrometer tools out of commission.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/11/mars-rovers-stu.html
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