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A Thousand Days on Mars
added Thu Oct 26 09:05 2006 ET from ABC News
It hasn't happened. The two robotic rovers were supposed to last for 90 "sols," or Martian days. As of today, Spirit, the first rover, has survived 1,000 sols.
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