What if it encounters Erik the Red?
Well Viking I was lost due to a faulty command but Viking 2 was turned off after its batteries failed.
SPIRIT ROVER: 'Lo.
VIKING LANDER: When come back, bring radioisotope thermoelectric generator.
This reminds me of Apollo 12; as you’ll recall, they landed very close to the Surveyor 3 probe that had been sent to the Moon a few years previously. There’s a nice picture here.
I can’t remember which year Erik the Red played for the Vikings, but he would definitely sack Britain.
So if teh mars rover fell got the viking lander turned on and they had puppies would that mean…