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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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I would hope that as long as they can receive data they should continue. Now obviously if the rover becomes immobile, there will be quite a bit less science that can be done. But some can still be done. Certainly observations of weather and if anything changes over time can be done. Take a few observations and transmit them every couple of weeks or so.
Of course, that would only make sense. But given the ax given to other older probes...