Farewell NASA's InSight Mission

We say farewell to NASA's Insight mission on Mars.

This lander spent 6 years on the Martian surface examining the interior of the planet.

It discovered that Mars is not geologically dead as we previously thought. It discovered that Mars has a larger core than we thought, its magnetic field was stronger than we thought and the crust is thinner.

And in typical NASA fashion, it made us all sad to think of the little fella dying in the cold Martian dirt. The heartless swines!

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[sirlight-ljij]

Yet it is not dead which can eternally lie. InSight, as well as many our other landers are built from some heavy durable steel, and Mars has no native predators that will hunt our tiny rovers while they patiently sleep. In a couple hundred years, inevitable human colonies on Mars will recover all these rovers and put them into museums for their eternal glory as brave young explorers. I really doubt any of these rovers will truly be dead

[jpzellar]

Well done Mars Wall-E you served us well and I’m glad your time was serene. Happy New year my Martian commanders.

[edmjzkf]

Happy new year to you and your team; I wish 2023 full of excitement and gratitude for the interesting things you provide.

[greg]

NASA staff are so smart but can't even put windscreen wipers on the solar panels. 'Lol

[happyhunter]

Please release all media and data to public domain along with the tons of data from all the probes from 30 years of data

[happyhunter]

Make that 50 years since Mariner. Why keep all the mapping, recording, media, scientific data, etc.. except some photos and doctored blurry images? Release all the data

[mattyounce]

🎶 In the future, is the Martian world still red, or is terra forming for our own gains thought of differently. 🎶 Sort of makes you wonder

[vistotutti]

Vale Insight.
But Mars shall defeat all the Earthlings!

[BryanChance]

Hmmmm..how did one of NASA's previous rover last 10 years?

[steveduerr]

I don't know, couldn't a small supply of air be stored on board with some kind of nozzle always pointed across the panels in the event this happens? even if it only works once, you double the amount of time before not being able to do anything at all.

[Graybeard]

wonder if they could used the drone that went with it, to fly it above the panels to blow th dust off, unless the atmosphere isn't thick enough to do it

[petergriffin]

I think we should scale back our Mars ambitions and shift our focus on sending probes to the moon's of Jupiter & Saturn. I really don't think it'll ever be practical to live on Mars, certainly not thousands of people for extended periods of time... I can't really think what we'll gain by sending people there.. maybe spend that time and money on mining or something that we can use. I'm not a pessimist but what will we gain by sending people to Mars? We already know the bulk of what's on the planet. Other than winning a "space race" to Mars, I don't see the benefit. Hell, let's double down on a next generation space telescope...let's figure out a way to make the biggest baddest space telescope, even if we have to assemble it in orbit.

[robintaylor]

Assuming it's possible, I am certain we have the compassion for humanity above exploration. Perhaps I am an unabashed believer in my siblings eternal but a brothers love is a brothers love. After all, space will still be there after we're done fixing us. Love eternal kids