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-The legal team at Apple.]]>Nov 11th 2008 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/

///not]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2008/10/how_we_have_benefited_from_nas.html

A little insight into the U.S. federal government budget allocation this year:

http://foofus.com/amuse/public/Fedspending-2008-linechart.jpg

NASA isn't a waste of money.

You are a waste of oxygen.]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
Says the man driving the pea green 1975 Pinto with a ripped white vinyl top.

Good thing NOBODY listens to you!]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
im not mad about spending money on developing all the crap in that link but what have we learned from mars landings?]]>Nov 10th 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 11th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
We will never escape the fact that humanity will one day be the source of it's own demise.]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/.....literately of figuratively ??]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
I need to stop playing the 360 for a while...

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(somebody had to say it)]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
Fry: Bender! What was it like lying in that hole for a thousand years?

Bender: I was enjoying it until you guys showed up!]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
I thought you would only comment on those iX article? ]]>Nov 11th 2008 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
LOL But seriously that sucks that NASA lost communications with Phoenix. It will truly have it's mark in history forever though. At least the future is bright as many people are on to bigger and better robots for exploring the Martian landscape.]]>Nov 10th 2008 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 11th 2008 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
After all, that 17 Billion/year got us Nike Airs and battery-powered heated gloves.

How about a better comparison:

For $17 Billion annually, Compassion International could provide food, education, and medical care to 44,270,824 impoverished children.

But you're right, Memory Foam mattresses and scratch-resistant Ray-Bans are way more important than that.]]>Nov 10th 2008 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Totally asinine logic. The abolition of superstition (mostly "religion") would do more to reduce the number of impoverished children than the amount of money given to NASA. Vaccines and other meds do come from research. Science has produced many thousands of discoveries helping everyone on the planet from rich to poor every day of the week. OTOH, if you wish to pick on money thrown out of the window, I suggest you look at the cost of needless wars.]]>Nov 10th 2008 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Because his parents are paying for his internet access. That's why.]]>Nov 10th 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 10th 2008 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
HE'S CONTAMINATED. GET HIM OUT!]]>Nov 10th 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
I guess it will be a sort of race, USA will go grab the bits left from the moon landings, China will nick the Voyager probe etc etc

Remember, its not going to go anywhere, It really will be picked up, some day :)]]>Nov 10th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/
They just don't make robotic interplanetary vehicles like they used to these days...

Sux.]]>Nov 10th 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/Nov 11th 2008 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/mars-phoenix-lander-goes-silent-nasa-ends-mission/If you'd been paying attention, you'd know there was no way it would have survived much longer anyway - there's barely any sunlight left to generate power. That's just what happens when you land in the polar regions - little or no sunlight for half the year... Not much you can do about that without a nuke... and you aint getting one of those for the price we did this mission for.
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