https://jasminewarga.com/a-rovers-story is the extended version of this.
Wait XKCD is a woman?! Or is this just related story
Wow he’s super handsome
“My battery is low and it’s getting dark.”
Dont do this to me
On a Saturday morning, no less.
The one thing that always bugged me about this comic: Days?
Sols.
I’m always amazed at how efficient us humans are at making me feel sorry for a cartoon robot!
I am sad now. Thank you.
You:
This is the way. We didn’t abandon that awesome machine! It went above and beyond from day one and kicked ass! It’s a true hero.
One day humanity will reach for the stars and bring our little friend home.
I always liked the extended version:
You say extended but it’s missing panels!
It’s a retcon.
Original: https://xkcd.com/695/
I hope we preserve all our robot heroes like this when we have settlements on Mars
I was already sad you jerk!
Change the music to “Enter Sandman”, and the emotional priming doesn’t work anymore.
I’m told you were the best
Some scientists at CERN didn’t like the sad ending.
There was also another comic were he was happy he outlived his estimated time
it’s confirmed, CERN certified.
If you think this is sad you should hear what happened to Sojourner, our first Mars rover. If it lost contact with the base station it was programmed to drive around to hopefully get line of sight so it can keep doing science.
However, the base station - Mars Pathfinder - failed first. Scientists didn’t know what happened to them until the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter got detailed shots of the landing site. There were far, far more tracks from Sojourner than expected.
So this poor little robot was driving around and around, trying to get back in contact with NASA because it had more science for us, until it too died.
Living up to its name.
Bring Him Home!
😢
