JENNIFER TROSPER: So, we said, “Let’s try to get her shut down.” But we gave her the gentle shutdown command, and she wouldn’t shut down. And so we started to get a little panicked, because
PRODUCTION ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE JENNIFER TROSPER: “It’s like a well-oiled machine, isn’t it.”
ILM SFX ANIMATION: Medium of Spirit hacking at rock.
now we have to send Spirit a shutdown damnit. It’s a command that, no matter what else happens, it makes the rover shut down.
GFX LOWER THIRD: SOL 78
PRODUCTION ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE: “142 Delta Alpha. Critical Shutdown Damnit in 24 hours.”
PRODUCTION ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE: STEVE SQUYRES:
ROB MANNING: We were about ready to tell the world that we had lost Spirit. But then suddenly…
“The thing that’s obviously gonna limit the lifetime of the vehicles is buildup of dust on the solar arrays. You can think of 90 Sols as being when the warranty expires. That’s how long the mission is intended to last. We expect to get at least 90 Sols out of it. How much more than that we get depends on what Mars gives us.”
PRODUCTION ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE: “Confirmed data is flown.”
ILM SFX ANIMATION: Rover trekking along away from camera, dust starts swirling in the air.
ANGELA BASSETT (V.O.) Rover Diary: After a few nights of severe insomnia, the rover is now sleeping peacefully. Spirit is back.
JENNIFER TROSPER: We were concerned that after 90 Sols on Mars, Spirit and Opportunity would not have enough power, and that would be the way that the rovers died.
ILM SFX ANIMATION: Zoom to medium of Spirit, head turns.
ILM SFX ANIMATION: Over the shoulder: Spirit’s POV: 3 large dust devil tornadoes move left to right across the flat Gusev Crater horizon against the setting sun. Shot continues – camera pushes past Spirit towards dust devils. Camera tilts slightly upward as tornadoes approach... Push forward as dust devil envelops the camera. JENNIFER TROSPER: And then we see these dust devils and we were concerned about what they could do to Spirit and Opportunity.
SPIRIT HACKING A ROCK
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