http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/22/mars-rover-spirit-shows-signs-of-age-including-senior-moments/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:28:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/22/mars-rover-spirit-shows-signs-of-age-including-senior-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-25077 Steven Carter Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:25:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/04/22/mars-rover-spirit-shows-signs-of-age-including-senior-moments/#comment-25077 Its remarkable that these two pieces of engineering and computer programming are still viable. It tells us that when engineers, computer programmers and supporting staff put their combined talents together with a clear goal they can solve problems not even imagined when the Rovers initially landed on Mars over 5 years ago. If we can achieve this level of success working on two mechanisms located millions of miles away we can surely do the same here when it comes to the economy, energy and health care. Perhaps we need to use a similar model to that which NASA uses to tackle the multiple problems presented to them by the Rovers to solve our problems here. Its remarkable that these two pieces of engineering and computer programming are still viable. It tells us that when engineers, computer programmers and supporting staff put their combined talents together with a clear goal they can solve problems not even imagined when the Rovers initially landed on Mars over 5 years ago. If we can achieve this level of success working on two mechanisms located millions of miles away we can surely do the same here when it comes to the economy, energy and health care. Perhaps we need to use a similar model to that which NASA uses to tackle the multiple problems presented to them by the Rovers to solve our problems here.

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