As far as space missions go, you couldn’t find a better epic tale than that of Mars Expedition Rover Spirit. Designed to last 3 months, roved for six years; lost the use of a wheel, turned it into a nifty trench-digging tool; nearly died, came back to life; had memory problems, shrugged them off… the list could go on for ever. However, it’s now official, this is one challenge the little wheeled warrior couldn’t beat; she’s stuck in the sand and there’s nowhere to go.
Mars Rover Spirit is now “Mars Base Spirit.”
Naturally when NASA broke the news that Spirit was going to remain stuck in a hole in Gusev crater for the rest of her days, we weren’t surprised, but everyone was sad. That little robot has captivated the world with all her escapades, and although she’s a machine, we’ve all personified Spirit. She’s the little rover that could.
And she‘s a girl, obviously.
But wait! Spirit is not dead quite yet. Spirit will hopefully become a stationary science probe if she makes it through winter (but that’s a big “if”). Once the Sun dips closer to the horizon during the winter months, less sunlight will hit the rover’s solar panels. Depending on how much energy Spirit has in reserves and how much dust coats the panels (making them less efficient at collecting the dwindling light), we could be looking at the end of the mission all together. Assuming she makes it through till spring, it’s conceivable that Spirit can be used as a weather outpost and, intriguingly, a tracking beacon to measure Mars’ wobble. The tiny wobble could lead scientists to understand the interior of the planet.
“We think we can actually determine whether the core of Mars is liquid or molten,” said Cornell University’s Steve Squyres, the lead scientist of the Mars rover program. “There’s compelling evidence that Mars once had a pretty powerful internally generated magnetic field and that probably required a core of iron that was liquid.”
If Spirit can make it through the winter and help NASA understand the interior of Mars, that would be the icing on the cake. Although Spirit may not be dominating the surface of Mars like her sister rover Opportunity (who’s notched up over 12 km so far and still going strong), perhaps she can dominate the interior of Mars by remaining stationary in the sand.
astroengine.com 
Dang, good luck with the stationary mission Spirit!
THE MARS PROPS, I SAW AT NASA IN THE REDSTONE ARSENAL IN THE 1960'S. NOT FAR FROM WHERE VON BROWN AND MY DAD WORKED. HAVE A NICE DAY.
SO WHERE'S MY COMMENT? I SAID YOUR MARS ADVENTURE HAS THE SAME PROPS AS I SEEN AT NASA IN THE REDSTONE ARSENAL NEAR WHERE VON BROWN AND MY DAD WORKED IN THE 1960'S. I'M SURPRISED YOUR USEING THEM 40 + YEARS LATER FOR YOUR HOLLYWOOD MOVIES OF MARS LANDINGS AND SCENERY.
Spirit's a guy. Men are robots. Robots are men. What kind of fool invents a female robot, it wouldn't do anything.
That's the SPIRIT!
Creating Spirit as Mars rover was really a great idea. But she becoming Mars base spirit changes her mission now. But could still serve her purpose though.-Contributor: Pregnancy Miracle Thoughts
Keep your spirits up!! 🙂
it has been operating from 2004 does not respond to earth signals as promptly any more and scientists presume that it is aging.
Spirit is our hope in Mars!!
Go spirit
The moon first and now mars!!!
Rover Spirit- you were great… hope you find it is better in Mars than in Earth 🙂
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Mars base spirit is very important to our life in earth. We can learn a lot from “Rover”.
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