Of Mars

So Spirit Rover has stopped transmitting anything useful. I could go into a rant about testing and quality control about the fact that the scientist say that it's even possible that the Rover has malfunctioned because of a (possibly) corrupted or incomplete control message that was sent to it on Wednesday. Instead I'll tell you my theory on what happened.

I think Spirit Rover has met up with Beagle 2 and they are probably doing some sight seeing at the moment. Although it's not publicised, Spirit Rover's last message was a photo of the Rover and Beagle posing in front of a mountain with the text "Wish you were here - NOT". Watch out for Opportunity (Rover's sister that's going to land on Sunday), it'll just end up with the other two.

Mind you, Mars is of course close to my heart, as the most observant of you have probably noticed from my domain name. It has indeed been named after the princess of Mars, Dejah Thoris. For those who this doesn't ring any bells, you can find A Princess of Mars, the first book of the Barsoom series here, and other books of the series here, courtesy of the Project Gutenberg.

Yes, I know, it's pure pulp. That gooey sweet goodness.

Later: Seems that Rover is a good boy and lets its parents know that it's ok, or at least alive.