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hi I'm John callous as we observe the

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sixth anniversary of the rover's arrival

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on Mars let me update you on the status

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of spirit well we've been trying to get

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spirit unstuck from this location on the

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west side of home plate but the going

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has been very slow it's been very

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difficult we've been having all these

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problems so we haven't actually been

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able to get going with the extrication

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process this is a really difficult time

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for spirit we're still in this very

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difficult situation we're mired in Troy

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and we now maybe a four-wheeled Rover

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which is going to make getting out even

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more difficult than it would have been

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with a five wheeled Rover we're pretty

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sure that it's just not going to make it

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through the winter if we stay at this

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location spirits gotten herself out of

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tight spots before there's there's been

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at least two previous occasions when

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winter was coming in spirit was trapped

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and she managed to break her way free

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and get to safety and and we're

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certainly hoping that this is going to

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make three for three spirit has

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definitely had some dramatic moments in

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her past and I think this will be

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another one to add to that and but we

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have a lot of things left to try so I

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think she has a very good chance of

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overcoming this obstacle she wouldn't be

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who she is without the people who

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designed her and built her and who

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helped to guide her across Mars to this

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very day you know the rover has been on

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Mars for almost six years well beyond

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its original 90 days and its

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we're facing a really tough situation

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but there's a saying among the team

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members particularly the rover planners

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like myself that you don't bet against

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spirit it's a good way to lose money I

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think I have started to think of spirit

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as being the Indiana Jones of Mars where

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she she is just you know these just

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impossible challenges just seem to get

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dumped on her and dumped on her and

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dumped on her and somehow she manages to

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just roll under that closing door and go

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back for her hat and keep right on going

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our our job is to wear these Rovers out

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and who would have thought they'd still

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be operating after six years on the

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surface of Mars this is a great

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testament to the scientists and