In trying to avoid cluttering the Main Page with all one subject, even one so close to my heart as movies and shows, I post a lot of my movie reviews in it's own category and not on the Main Page.  Some of the more recent movies posted are:

Sky Captian and the World of Tommorrow -- March 10
Y2K/Terminal Countdown -- January 17
Battlestar Galactica, the Movie -- December 02
And Now for Something Completely Different -- November 24

One of the stories that I've followed closely in the media was the Martian trek of the twin landers, Spirit and Opportunity.  As the mission went on, and was nearing the 90-day goal, and expected end of the mission, the NASA controllers started getting more daring in what they wanted the little guys to do.

After many calculations and tests and heavy breathing exercises, the NASA controllers slowly crept Spirit into a large crater, to explore, and die.  Well..  it didn't die.  It kept going, and going.

After fully learning all that they could learn in the crater, and having a perfectly viable robot on their hands, they had to figure how to get the thing out!  Slowly, and backwards, Spirit climbed out of the crater and went on exploring the planet.

Sounding more and more like a Douglas Adams 5-part Trilogy, the Spirit and Opportunity kept going.  Celebrating it's one year anniversary of the start of the 3-month mission, it kept going.  Spirit gets a gummed up wheel, and it keeps going.  Opportunity doesn't even have any problems, it just keeps going.

I was a more than a little disappointed when they announced a couple months ago that Spirits life may be coming to an end.  The solar panels were getting more and more coated with the fine red Martian dust that was affecting the ability to recharge the batteries.  Opportunity was considerably cleaner and they said it looked like it just blasted off of the showroom floor.

But, everyone rejoice!!  Spirit was the victim of a hit-and-run dust-devil that polished the solar panels and brought the power generation from 60% capacity back up to 93%.  This gives the Spirit a new lease on life.

So, good roving, Spirit and Opportunity.  Find us some more cool stuff to look at.