# inner life of Mars Rover - sad XKCD

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-life-of-mars-rover-sad-xkcd/527234>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 1, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-life-of-mars-rover-sad-xkcd/527234 "2010-02-01T13:53:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-life-of-mars-rover-sad-xkcd/527234/1 "2010-02-01T13:53:56Z")

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Maybe I’m just a dork, but I found this XKCD strip really touching: [xkcd: Spirit](http://xkcd.com/695/)

(Who’s a good Mars Rover? You’re a good Mars Rover! Yes you are. Yes you are.)

☹

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-life-of-mars-rover-sad-xkcd/527234/2 "2010-02-01T13:57:33Z")

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> [@Mr.Excellent](#):
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> Maybe I’m just a dork, but I found this XKCD strip really touching: [xkcd: Spirit](http://xkcd.com/695/)

[You aren’t alone.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=550081)

And yeah, it was a touching strip.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-life-of-mars-rover-sad-xkcd/527234/3 "2010-02-01T14:35:13Z")

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[moderating]  
Since we already have a perfectly good thread on the subject, I’m closing this one and directing everyone over to the other (see link above).  
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