18-October-2005, 06:49 PM
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The engineering folks are trying to do some sort of extrapolation on how long Spirit might live if there were no sudden catastrophic failures, and it just “wore out”. They have come up with a 25% chance that it might live 6 years at the current “wear rate”. The general talk is “several years” of life at any rate. The main point is that as long as the wheels turn, the mission will continue to be funded.
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