Category:Mars rovers - Revision history

Kynde at 09:41, 20 March 2021

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LegoK9 at 03:19, 10 March 2021

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Kynde at 14:44, 23 February 2021

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Kynde at 15:42, 10 November 2016

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Kynde at 15:52, 21 March 2016

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 **{{w|Opportunity (rover)|Opportunity}} (active from 2004-2018) in [[1504: Opportunity]] and
 **{{w|Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity}}  (active from 2012 to present) in [[1091: Curiosity]]
-**{{w|Perseverance (rover)|Perseverance }} (landed on 2021-02-18 the day before the release of the comic) in [[2427: Perseverance Microphones]].
+**{{w|Perseverance (rover)|Perseverance}} (landed on 2021-02-18 the day before the release of the comic) in [[2427: Perseverance Microphones]].
 ***This rover was also the subject of the comic the day after in [[2428: Mars Landing Video]]
 *Also a fifth American rover {{w|Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner}} (only active less than 3 months in 1997) has been mentioned in the title text of [[1585: Similarities]] and appeared in [[2433: Mars Rovers]].
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 * In [[1663: Garden]] a [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/3/3f/1663_garden_One_color_Between_orange_red_and_red_First_thing_Mars_rover.png mars rover can be grown] under the right orange (Mars colored) light.
 *In [[1757: November 2016]] Opportunity is mentioned.
 *Mars rovers also feature prominently in the book ''[[Thing Explainer]]'':
 **Most prominently the Curiosity rover is explained in the ''Red world space car'' section (the fourth explanation).

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 **{{w|Perseverance (rover)|Perseverance }} (landed on 2021-02-18 the day before the release of the comic) in [[2427: Perseverance Microphones]].
 ***This rover was also the subject of the comic the day after in [[2428: Mars Landing Video]]
-*Also a fifth American rover {{w|Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner}} (only active less than 3 months in 1997) has been mentioned only in the title text of [[1585: Similarities]] and appeared in [[2433: Mars Rovers]].
+*Also a fifth American rover {{w|Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner}} (only active less than 3 months in 1997) has been mentioned in the title text of [[1585: Similarities]] and appeared in [[2433: Mars Rovers]].
 *In [[665: Prudence]] has a Narnia probe which is a rower looking just like the Mars rovers Spirit/Opportunity (as he drew them in later comic) is shown.
 *In [[681: Gravity Wells]] (released in 2009) one of the twin rowers Spirit/Opportunity is shown on the zoom in on Mars.

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 **{{w|Opportunity (rover)|Opportunity}} (active from 2004-2018) in [[1504: Opportunity]] and
 **{{w|Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity}}  (active from 2012 to present) in [[1091: Curiosity]]
-**{{w|Perseverance (rover)|Perseverance }} (landed on 2021-02-18 the day before the release of the comic) in  [[2427: Perseverance Microphones]].
+**{{w|Perseverance (rover)|Perseverance }} (landed on 2021-02-18 the day before the release of the comic) in [[2427: Perseverance Microphones]].
 ***This rover was also the subject of the comic the day after in [[2428: Mars Landing Video]]
-*Also a fifth American rover {{w|Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner}} (only active less than 3 months in 1997) has been mentioned albeit only in the title text of [[1585: Similarities]].
+*Also a fifth American rover {{w|Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner}} (only active less than 3 months in 1997) has been mentioned only in the title text of [[1585: Similarities]] and appeared in [[2433: Mars Rovers]].
 *In [[665: Prudence]] has a Narnia probe which is a rower looking just like the Mars rovers Spirit/Opportunity (as he drew them in later comic) is shown.
 *In [[681: Gravity Wells]] (released in 2009) one of the twin rowers Spirit/Opportunity is shown on the zoom in on Mars.
 *In [[1428: Move Fast and Break Things]] driving a Mars rover is one of the jobs [[Cueball]] has lost.
-*In [[1461: Payloads]] both Opportunity  and Curiosity are mentioned in the chart.
+*In [[1461: Payloads]] both Opportunity and Curiosity are mentioned in the chart.
 *In [[1436: Orb Hammer]] this part of the title text ''...watch hammers hold themselves and hit rocks for us'' is a direct reference to the Mars Rovers, but they cannot be mentioned by name, as this is a comic with [[:Category: Simplified language|Simplified language]].
 *In [[1613: The Three Laws of Robotics]] a Mars rover, looking like Curiosity, declines when [[Megan]] orders it to go explore Mars.

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 **{{w|Perseverance (rover)|Perseverance }} (landed on 2021-02-18 the day before the release of the comic) in  [[2427: Perseverance Microphones]].
 ***This rover was also the subject of the comic the day after in [[2428: Mars Landing Video]]
-*Also the fourth American rover {{w|Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner}} (only active less than 3 months in 1997) has been mentioned albeit only in the title text of [[1585: Similarities]].
+*Also a fifth American rover {{w|Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner}} (only active less than 3 months in 1997) has been mentioned albeit only in the title text of [[1585: Similarities]].
 *In [[665: Prudence]] has a Narnia probe which is a rower looking just like the Mars rovers Spirit/Opportunity (as he drew them in later comic) is shown.
 *In [[681: Gravity Wells]] (released in 2009) one of the twin rowers Spirit/Opportunity is shown on the zoom in on Mars.

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 ==Explanation==
-*Most prominently are the three comics directly named after three rovers:
+*Most prominently are the four comics directly named after four rovers:
 **{{w|Spirit (rover)|Spirit}} (active from 2004-2010) in [[695: Spirit]],
 **{{w|Opportunity (rover)|Opportunity}} (active from 2004-2018) in [[1504: Opportunity]] and
 **{{w|Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity}}  (active from 2012 to present) in [[1091: Curiosity]]
 *Also the fourth American rover {{w|Sojourner (rover)|Sojourner}} (only active less than 3 months in 1997) has been mentioned albeit only in the title text of [[1585: Similarities]].
 *In [[665: Prudence]] has a Narnia probe which is a rower looking just like the Mars rovers Spirit/Opportunity (as he drew them in later comic) is shown.

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 **Most prominently the Curiosity rover is explained in the ''Red world space car'' section (the fourth explanation).
 ***It is also shown inside the very last explanation of Sky Scrapers: ''Sky Toucher'', where it finds that there once was running water in a bathroom sink.
-***And in the ''The pieces everything is made of'' about the {{w|Periodic table}} the entry for {{w|Plutonium}} shows the rower once more as one of the less dangerous isotopes of plutonium is used as en energy source in the rower. This was for instqance mentioned/used in [[1536: The Martian|The Martian]].
+***And in the ''The pieces everything is made of'' about the {{w|Periodic table}} the entry for {{w|Plutonium}} shows the rower once more as one of the less dangerous isotopes of plutonium is used as en energy source in the rower. This was for instance mentioned/used in [[1536: The Martian|The Martian]].
 **Finally all rovers (and all other Mars space probes and landers) are displayed on/around Mars in the description of the Solar system in ''Worlds around the Sun''.
 ***Spirit is called ''Good Feelings car''.