Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"I'm pleased to report that it seems to be working fine. We alleviated the problem."

Source: Glenn Reeves, NASA's chief software engineer for the Mars rover, Spirit. After deleting 1700 "non-essential" files from the rover's hard drive and rebooting its systems Friday, Spirit returned to normal operating mode. That leads scientists to believe that the problems which caused Spirit to stop communicating with Earth last week. Friday, Spirit transmitted its first picture in a week, clearly indicating the rover is on the mend.

FMI: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov