How Opportunity Shocked NASA Scientists | Supercut

[@shadownet5443]

For people wondering - Opportunity outlived it's estimated lifespan by 59.46 times. What a legend.

[@Colt1775]

So it lived 59 years in rover years.

[@BennyAscent]

@@Colt1775 assuming a human lifespan of 65 years, its closer to living to 3835 in rover years

[@stacyhamilton2619]

I am Legend. I say it puts to rest the myth of NASA being underfunded. Time to slash the budget by 5946 percent.

[@stacyhamilton2619]

@@BennyAscent Rover is obviously measured in dog years.

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

The way it degraded with age was so sad

[@mvw9078]

It's hard not to humanize the rovers, especially after seeing this. We learned so much from these missions and for the work they did. Though her sister shut down long before her, Opportunity kept going despite all odds, and all projections - as if it knew how much this meant to us. Maybe one day when we make our way to that distant red rock, we can find her grave once again. Perhaps we can even bring her home. Thank you for the video. Rest easy, Opportunity - you've earned it. o7

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

Right?! I though it was just my autism causing me to anthropomorphize inanimate objects again, but it seems like everyone seems to think of the Mars rovers and other space machines as almost alive and sapient. They learn, face and overcome problems, and eventually they die, leaving behind a legacy and some degree of sadness, just like us. They also carry with them the hopes and dreams of humanity as a collective whole. Or maybe we’re just all a little autistic. Lol.

[@bradleymarianchuk]

Yes

[@cadosian078]

@@BlackFlagHeathenI she’d a tear for the river out of respect for the beautiful achievements it represents

[@nitishachar]

Well put 💌

[@stanbussell7516]

The batteries are getting low and its getting dark!

[@rev.dennisp.sepulveda5965]

I don’t know why KZbin pushes for shorter videos. This video was an hour long and it was very well done. Please continue to do videos like this as I find them very interesting. Thank you!

[@fishhuntadventure]

They don’t.

[@letsgobrandon4066]

Because if your watching one video for one hour. You are not surfing watching other short videos. Your not making them money.

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They want you to watch the adverts. The internet has been stolen from the people of this world by greedy big business. The ones who pay no Tax

[@AB-these-handles-are-stupid]

@@delinquentinparadise as does everything, right?

[@HueghMungus]

@@letsgobrandon4066 IIRC youtube is actually pushing for LONGER videos, rating youtubers on watch length. Before people made shorter videos. Now they have to make longer and more frequent videos in order to get advertisement payment. You and @rev Dennis are both wrong. I remember liking the older guidelines of shorter, more frequent videos. Now KZbin is just TV but online.

[@Chuckles..]

knocking around Mars for 15 years doing research is an enormous achievement, kinda hard not to feel for Opportunity. Great documentary!.

[@DgimaYugadge]

Excellent good 👍👍👍

[@SnowblindOtter]

"My battery is low, and it's getting dark." It may have been an interpretation, but it carried with it the capacity for all of us to feel the same emotion the mission controllers felt.

[@vanjouvillevalenzuela7489]

Totally i did drop a bit of my tear and really want to cry out loud when the earth control finally declared it's dead., 😭😭😭😭😭😭.., imagine what the opportunity rover overcome of what they did expect of total sol limit., and so for that imagine what's the earth team behind of it felt from the star to end of this OR journey., i myself almost want to cry just by watching this video so i imagine how about them., 😭😭😭😭😭

[@KaladinVegapunk]

@@vanjouvillevalenzuela7489 to make you feel better, as the OP said that was just a poetic interpretation of the data it sent last haha..it isn't sentient. It struck a chord though, a lot of people came out with honors and sendoffs after hearing that, and they had to clarify it didn't literally say that But it was supposed to only last 90 days..I'd say that 10 years is a goddamn masterful effort and it more than completed its mission, nothing to be sad about

[@richadams6441]

@@vanjouvillevalenzuela7489 e

[@zixx844]

Detroit Become Human: *Humans treat robots as slaves and kill them for disobeying* Real world Humans: *Break down in tears over a Martian rover that isn't even alive*

[@emmanuelstamatakis8218]

So if it had pain sensors I guess then it would give us data what would you say if it was programmed to scream or cry out would that make it alive

[@astrumspace]

To those returning and new to the channel: Hello! The content of this video is from a long running series on my channel. I've basically taken out all the intros and outros from the episodes, removed the sponsor integrations, and re-recorded the audio for a few of the episodes to bring them up to quality with the latter episodes. There's also a few extra clips here and there if I saw something that could be improved. Hopefully now it will feel simply like a single video rather than a collection of many videos, and you can watch it through in one go without interruptions. Enjoy!

[@avo616]

cash money

[@sirfrancisarthur]

I have the feeling though that you edited in an already spoken in part or maybe it just sounded the same. But np, thnx for your hard work.

[@DanilaKho]

Great idea & realization. Thanx for this content

[@yonassolomon2498]

Thanks a lot for the view , really u r hard worker !

[@taylorschwarz241]

This was awesome to rewatch and see again. I learn something new from your videos when rewatching.

[@PanduPoluan]

Two real-life robots I ever shed tear for: Cassini and Opportunity. Rest well, great explorers.

[@FeScully]

My favorites! Great indeed!

[@ghostwarhammer007]

What happened to wall E u didnt cry for wall E😅😅😂

[@arifdanielnordin4908]

@@ghostwarhammer007 ah yes i remember

[@ghostwarhammer007]

@@arifdanielnordin4908 😁

[@earljaydsaturos4125]

Also spirit

[@donloughrey1615]

I don't care how many times that I watch this I still get an overwhelming sense of pride. The way Alex presents it is wonderful and at the end I do feel emotion for a robot, a robot of all things. Thanks Alex.

[@018FLP]

Yeah, i feel it too!

[@eamonia]

For real. I teared up a little when he gave Opportunities last message; "My battery is low and it's getting dark." I was sad for a brief moment but knowing now, what an amazing journey it had and what it accomplished I couldn't help but be overwhelmed with a sense of what it's like to witness sheer brilliance. What a ride...

[@alexscholz3438]

"My battery is low and it's getting dark" is such a tragic, poetic interpretation of Opportunity's final message that I think deserves a mention. Maybe one day, Opportunity may get the opportunity to send another message. Until then, I think she's deserved some sleep. Good night, Opportunity. And thank you.

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

The rover will be a tourist attraction in 100 years as Mars children go on a field trip.

[@ADGwildlife]

Sounds crazy but I legit teared up, thinking not only of the robot on mars but older people who must be thinking something along those lines in life

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

@@ADGwildlife Second Law of Thermodynamics is a bitch

[@privateerburrows]

@@scottslotterbeck3796 I think Elon's colonists will be getting paid for visiting AND RESTORING landers and robots around Mars; and/or for having them shipped back to Earth.

[@emil6421]

it’s a computer

[@kebubas]

I can't imagine the gut wrenching feeling when you have to call an end on a 12 year mission that was supposed to be mere months at the start.. I still find it difficult to comprehend that people put basically an RC vehicle on another planet, a vehicle that not only let us see the planet as if we were on the surface ourselves but dig around in the soil... Mad love, dear Opportunity, you went way beyond what was expected of you, I think a rest is well deserved..

[@ploperdung]

It's not RC though. It's not remote controlled, it's locally controlled by itself

[@cirrus393]

@@ploperdung Without communication from Earth, it wouldn’t have done anything at all. It was controlled, albeit somewhat autonomously, by people in a remote location.

[@ploperdung]

@@cirrus393 It can communicate with earth but it still controls itself

[@cirrus393]

@@ploperdung By that logic, a commercial airplane is not controlled by a pilot, but by the autopilot, despite the pilot inputting commands (otherwise known as controlling it..)

[@ploperdung]

@@cirrus393 If a pilot's commands had a 30 minute delay like commands from earth to mars have, they wouldn't be able to fly. All earth is doing in terms of commanding the rover is just telling it what to do or where to go but it does those things completely autonomously whereas everything an aeroplane has needs to be controlled and it needs to be done in real time

[@nutbastard]

Here's a cute little factoid: Mars is the only planet we know of that is entirely populated by robots.

[@22patch22]

A brilliant thought but hopefully only as far as we know now. We can only dream .

[@toemasmeems]

Lol no kiddin, also I hear there’s foot prints on the moon 🤷

[@TheRandomPersn42]

Dead robots.

[@nutbastard]

@@TheRandomPersn42 They were never alive, so they cannot die, and so cannot be dead. At worst they are inert. Not sure what your point was.

[@TheRandomPersn42]

@@nutbastard I'm not making a point, I'm just making a joke

[@1951RKP]

I’m not easily impressed but the fact NASA can send this little machine millions of miles and land it on a tiny dot in the sky and then control it from millions of miles away and bring it to life and transmit incredible photos for years. Absolutely amazing.

[@packer812]

You may not be easily impressed, but you ARE easily duped.

[@johnedwards3621]

In 1979, after developing training courses for Raytheon and Digital Equipment Corporation, I began to do the same for Codex which was in the process of being aquired by Motorola for its expertise, PhDs and patents. The Codex founders wanted to be the GM of information theory based products. -- A mathematical science discovered by Claude Shannon around 1950 while working for ATT to determine the channel capcity of telephone circuits. Shannon's work defined the standard channel bandwith for voice communicaion so they could be frequency multiplexed. David Forney addressed similar problems for miliary communication that led to statistical multiplexers, basis of the Internet, and its first civilian application, SABRE, still used by Travel agents to make immediate airline reservations. Dave also developed the error detection and correction systems that also adapted to changing S/N levels as satellites went more deeply into space to bring back flawless images. Dave developed a working prototype which he sent to Texas Instruments who reduced its circuits down to ICs just so you and I could admire the photos. Information theory is an entirely mathematical science that applies to everything that includes Digital Signal Processing, multiplexing, error detection, error correction, automatic equalization, channel capacity, encryption, decription, etc.

[@scott83074]

​@packer812 u know more than us right? Lol

[@tygical]

​@@packer812i'm not impressed by it, because it's easy to do with enough money. stop pretending like humans are more primitive than we are.

[@codythenoob]

@@tygical then please make it and release it pls i want to see.

[@ClaymateDesigner]

Design for 3 months. last for 15 years. That's what I call Engineering.

[@damiendavisisraelcom8603]

Yhe, but look at those numbers

[@TheForkedtoungue]

And people say American manufacturing is dead. I had nothing to do with it but it makes me smile.

[@laserlights9684]

Space. Engineering..

[@leeskieferrell2003]

Ri

[@leeskieferrell2003]

@@damiendavisisraelcom8603 you knowtii

[@smaakjeks]

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[@yuyukosfaithfulservant]

I made it 69 likes

[@rainingglass5554]

This is what KZbin is for. I can't believe I'm watching this for free.

[@erikplayzz3154]

yea this honestly feels like pirating a whole movie

[@lain11644]

When something is free, you are the product.

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I pay allot for internet.. It was not free on any level.

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[@KernelFault]

You could mail me a dollar if it makes you feel better. Send it to Happy Guy 742 Evergreen Terrace...

[@goatfromhell666]

He was my little buddy. I was keeping tabs on him from the time he launched until they declared him lost. He was more than a rover, he signified hope, determination, and perseverance. And when I heard his last words....I never thought I'd cry over a robot, but there I was, bawling like I'd lost a close friend. I'll always remember you buddy.

[@77BlackKnight]

This video is a masterpiece. Phenomenal storytelling. Beats National Geographic with a milestone. Flawless and epic.

[@lukasgayer5393]

Honestly, this was better than most Hollywood movies. Stunning. I love this channel.

[@slevinchannel7589]

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[@CaliXto3301]

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[@prioritysteelerectorsltd.2940]

What do you mean? What proof do you have that it’s not a Hollywood movie ?

[@Lanewreck]

This little guy was litteraly the embodiment of the story, "The little engine that could" big salute to helping progress humanity, god speed opportunity.

[@midlander4]

I love the way that flerfers/science deniers have wilfully cut themselves off from appreciating this awe inspiring demonstration of human ingenuity and perseverance. It's their loss...

[@HomeHome-yf8kb]

I even teared up a lil bit at the end but i can't imagine some ppl dedicating designing the rover, sending it to mars, successfully landing it, performing 15 yearrs of surface operations and then how it felt when it all ended. Bravo

[@phuckit1902]

Not only that..Elon Musk wants to colonize mars and other planets, but the robots are a good start.

[@cindyhuang7021]

home home i agree

[@jasonpiehler1006]

This video should be playing in a museum next to opportunity’s twin that was left behind on earth.

[@joannot6706]

What about next to opportunity itself? When the ships for the new world will be ready, we'll come and rescue our old friend.

[@davidelliott5843]

Mars has an atmospheric of CO2 with just 1% of earth’s pressure all bathed in deadly ionising radiation and blasted by abrasive toxic dust. Humans cannot live there without space suits. We would need fully sealed cabins much like the space craft that took people to the planet. Hopefully the dust won’t destroy the seals. Hopefully the people won’t go barking mad. Hopefully the years of low gravity won’t permanently ruin their health.

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@davidelliott5843 I mean, terraforming mars is not impossible, there are methods with today's technology to do so, it is just that those methods may take us around 500-1000 years to do so, and even then it would only be a inferior earth, but is not impossible, and as technology advances maybe that millenia would turn a 100 years or 50 years.

[@forestsprite5914]

@@joannot6706 I thought of that too! After how hard Opportunity worked for us, it at least deserves that respect😞

[@ranyork7626]

Yes.

[@homeycdawg]

""my battery is low, and it's getting dark." What a poetic end to such an epic story.

[@Shack-lion]

Yup, second runner up end liner is “Beeee Gooooooood” *iron giant*

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

So sad. Although it GREATLY outlived it’s expected mission, still just sad! The clapping when the mission was declared over was obviously sad clapping! This probe almost took on a life of its own.

[@SuperCompany007]

I hope that one day we will go to Mars and turn the remains of Opportunity into a monument to the rover itself and all the people who worked with it for14 years here on earth

[@alexrogers777]

I am more emotionally attached to this amazing little robot than I am to most humans and I dont know what to think about that

[@howardsimpson489]

Little rovers like this do not threaten or kill things/people, not hard to love.

[@ideologybot4592]

@@howardsimpson489 they would if they were coded to and had the hardware attached. Maybe you just don't like human agency.

[@laurachapple6795]

I remember crying when I first heard 'my battery is low and it's getting dark'. That was when I realized that I think of Mars rovers as something like clever little dogs that are doing a good job. Oppy was a Very Good Girl and I miss her very much.

[@brettvv7475]

We have a tendency to anthropomorphize things, and there's nothing wrong with that imo.

[@FeScully]

I cried too

[@gunnargrass691]

@@brettvv7475 I’d say that not only is there nothing wrong with it, but that it anthropomorphizing things is an overall benefit. With a dog, if you feel like it is a member of your family you will care for it better. With Oppy, they could have been like, “It’s already fulfilled it’s mission, we’ll try to free it but oh well if we can’t.” Instead it was more like, “Ok let’s test everything we are getting this rover out of the sand.” The attachment to the rovers essentially ensured that we would do everything we could to keep them going as long as possible.

[@ArjanTV]

You people are sick lol... I wont be surprised when humans fall in love to robots in future meanwhile most real humans will be single and loved by none

[@brettvv7475]

@@ArjanTV Sorry you're having relationship troubles. Not sure youtube comments are the best place to project your frustrations.

[@MM-zw8sm]

This is what KZbin was made for, I almost feel guilty that I am watching this for free. I can't even imagine the level of ingenuity it took to make all the missions possible. Also, thanks a lot for this video I really appreciate it. Thank you, Alex.

[@roxieolemeda3196]

Are you AI you sound 🔊 way to fascinated by the demise of a robot 🤖 to be for real

[@MaxMustermann-nl2mk]

@@roxieolemeda3196 The dude sounds more like a human than you lmao

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

This kind of comment makes no sense when becoming a patron is front and center for most quality channels. Do you support ANY KZbin creators?

[@richardborrell443]

My passive reliance of mainstream media reporting of Opportunity had left me ignorant of the truly, awesome science that has come from this explorer. Thank you Astrum! As an engineer, I can understand the pessimism, yet am still bemused by the short mission lifetime estimates often assigned. Of course, space is harsh, yet the Voyagers are still operating using technology from the '70s.

[@cristiannedelcu9415]

I've never planed on crying over a machine moving at 1cm/s on a foreign planet, but here I am

[@Yatukih_001]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@ADGwildlife]

Same like wtf

[@thebeautifulones5436]

Planned*

[@maritzasaivay306]

Same here!!! 😭😭😭😭

[@obakasan79]

My battery is low and it's getting dark here, too, little buddy. Goodnight!

[@MrScaryJoe]

I know that the rover is probably forever dead, but it would be insane if one day it would get its battery restored and be able to communicate with earth again.

[@slevinchannel7589]

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[@1mol831]

Or maybe Elon Musk’s space X settlers will discover this robot and do some maintenance on it. That would be one of the ways it gets restored.

[@Shiroi0moi]

@@slevinchannel7589 ContraPoints is a pretty good science channel. My fellow twitter users recommend it

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@Shiroi0moi Cool!!

[@robertblanc7578]

I had a dream Matt Damon would do that..

[@WilliamFord972]

The fact that Oppy made it through 15 years on another planet is phenomenal.

[@BadAssEngineering]

*With solar power on a dirty dusty place*

[@lesliegardner2692]

The 'steadfast little tin soldier'. RIP.

[@Johngaltsghost]

NASA engineering at its best

[@tarjwilkinson8610]

Just to rephrase knowledge helps

[@tristiangant8188]

With a 90 sol expectancy at that!

[@eamonia]

"My battery is low and it's getting dark..." Yeah, this is where I finally teared up. It's easy to be sad or upset but those emotions are quickly displaced by overwhelming excitement and awe in what Opportunity had accomplished. Sheer brilliance...

[@draculacat5616]

made me tear up in the end there, poor guy, I wish they could've had a sendoff for all the hard work they'd done so far. rest easy opportunity, you made us humans proud

[@patlab555]

Wow, I'm speechless by the quality of this documentary! The ending is heart breaking: "my battery is low and it's getting dark", good night Oppy. Thank you Astrum, this was an awesome documentary.

[@ThatSB]

This documentary does not end with that. Because it never happened

[@patlab555]

@@ThatSB You have nothing else to do than writing stupidities online? Why don't you go to see a doctor to try to fix your dead brain?

[@davidgiancoli2106]

This film should win an award. Thank you Astrum!

[@IamCoalfoot]

Imagine setting up an experiment run exclusively by a brand new Game Gear, and still being able to run it more than a decade later. That's what Spirit and Opportunity were like; after a while, they were so old that even being outdated wasn't the problem, the parts were literally falling apart. Those two rovers are a credit to their makers, keepers, and human ingenuity.

[@davejones542]

the most amazing thing discovered was how long they managed to keep this piece of engineering running. awesome job team

[@alanolney3564]

I believe they used atomic battery

[@mynamemylastname7179]

I've RC cars at Radio Shacked better than that Tin Can 🤔 No not Tin Plastic Can.

[@tupid11]

Did anyone else start to cry when he said “my battery is low and it’s getting dark”?

[@davidharrington956]

Yea

[@vanjouvillevalenzuela7489]

Totally i did drop a bit of my tear and really want to cry out loud when the earth control finally declared it's dead., 😭😭😭😭😭😭.., imagine what the opportunity rover overcome of what they did expect of total sol limit., and so for that imagine what's the earth team behind of it felt from the star to end of this OR journey., i myself almost want to cry just by watching this video so i imagine how about them., 😭😭😭😭😭

[@jostewart6474]

Yip 🥺 I’m kinda glad other people did as well, I didn’t feel as much of an idiot 😂 I remember back when it happened, it was on the news everywhere and I was greeting then too 🥺

[@aammejjeese8447]

Musk ,must live in mars.

[@PanduPoluan]

I cried when Astrum narrated "panoramic photo of Oppie's final resting place."

[@GerardMenvussa]

1:02:28 And it died, desperately looking for the sun. FLASH NEWS: liquid water discovered on my face :'/

[@bahman_]

beautiful comment

[@lilychu1981]

on mine too :' )

[@jocelbartolay4861]

Me too

[@subatenome]

:(

[@subatenome]

On the flipside, if we ever make it to Mars we will probably retrieve all of our past rovers at some point, maybe for a museum of space exploration?

[@CubeCyclone]

I do love it when these pieces of tech painstakingly designed and put together last longer than their designed shelf life. It's a great testimony to the fantastic team behind them all. Well done people... A mission to be proud of.

[@nolanholmberg311]

Just shows how capable we are as humans to build some of the most reliable, high quality machines possible but most of the time don’t because corporate CEO’s need to keep making year over year profits for their shareholders. And what’s the first thing they do to cut costs? Lower quality. NASA doesn’t have that problem since their goal is improving humanities understanding of our universe and there’s no profit to be made there. They get a set amount of money to budget with every year and use every dollar they get to make some of the highest quality tools imaginable. The James Webb space telescope is another great example of this too

[@NolePTR]

"Contact has been lost with Opportunity.." Welcome to my life.

[@don4techy]

Lol

[@billcasey9672]

Awww! Not for long! Onward and upwards!

[@myfaveyoutube]

domo arigato ironic detacho

[@nosajbozz6300]

😂😂😂😂😢

[@Xhopp3r]

Looool

[@Sekhmet6697]

I’m only 10 minutes into the video and I already can tell the amount of work that must have been to piece together Opportunity’s journey. This video should be featured on Nasa’s Opportunity website. Well done!

[@ivanjefferson4921]

"my battery is low and it's getting dark" - Opportunity

[@GreySectoid]

😭

[@boatingdave1883]

Very poignant

[@elizabethbrown8833]

💔💜🙏

[@bhaskard8405]

My heart sinked when you said the MRO detected a dust storm in June of 2018, the beginning of the end for Opportunity.

[@christinakinch]

This was amazing, I didn't even notice the video was over an hour long. It was just so intriguing. Spirit and Opportunity will always be two great contributors to our Mars explorations. I'm certain Perseverance will be the same. Thank you Astrum for the free, educational content. I'm very appreciative of this channel!

[@slevinchannel7589]

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[@christinakinch]

@@slevinchannel7589 Thank you for sharing. I'm already familiar with a few of the channels listed.

[@warrendawson6756]

Hi

[@jhare18]

Thank You

[@dcrggreensheep]

@@slevinchannel7589 I'd reccomend Doctor Mike be added to that list as well.

[@diznyland6214]

This was wholesome and I would totally watch a Pixar movie about a Mars rover.

[@johno321]

28thpetitesI

[@davidharrington956]

That would be cool. Like it thinks the mission message is another rover trying to find it .

[@diznyland6214]

@@davidharrington956 WE’RE ONTO SOMETHING BIG HERE GUYS!

[@SteveVi0lence]

I wouldn't. Unless you support the Chinese government and their slave labor

[@nobodyatall6050]

@@SteveVi0lence ?

[@teddly2277]

The fact that we put that on mars as a species is mind blowing

[@alistersutherland3688]

Wait til you see what's coming from Perseverance. It's already astounding.

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

@@alistersutherland3688 anything from Cydonia?

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

Hole in one for the landing sounds about right. Being 25km off after traveling about 56 million kilometers sounds like a pretty damn good shot to me. :D

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

@David Wang Wow, I was just being silly and you got all wound up over it. You might want to lay off the caffeine or something. Learn to chill out a little.

[@Eremon1]

All of the rovers amazed me. It's not a small feat to put an object onto another planet. And to have done so, so many times. Also, thank you very much for this video. It's fantastic to get a full mission compilation of Opportunity.

[@roxieolemeda3196]

We could have always fed the poor or rescued kids from child trafficking. Or overturned Roe v Wade. Ya think 🤔

[@boy1190]

at the end it felt like we lost a living soul, a human or something, opportunity was like a friend ! sleep in peace my friend!

[@IvanMatin]

National Geographic can only dream about that kind of a video! Was a pleasure to watch mate!

[@EJD339]

I just love the fact they name everything they come across. There is just something charming about it.

[@dhrumil_108]

In the future we must bring this rovers back and put them in museums, they are worth keeping it there.

[@emmanuelstamatakis8218]

I mean they would have to be disinfected you don’t want to bring any thing back from other countries or other worlds DNA are different might kill us all

[@voxvideoproductions]

I have just watched this in full. Astrum, you have done a superb job of editing this into a spellbinding story, brilliantly engaging, well done. It demonstrates what committed engineers, designers, programmers etc, are capable of. It is extraordinary to me that an essentially mechanical robot, armed with smart travel capabilities and an on board laboratory survived as long as it did in an extremely mechanically toxic (dust) environment. Truly astonishing!

[@eroraf8637]

Rest In Peace, Oppy. You were, and always will be, the best rover.

[@tobiaswilhelmi4819]

I just want to point out how enjoyable and we'll crafted this documentary is. I especially like the absence of overdramatic wording, like in many TV productions. I also like that you don't just throw numbers at the audience, not to make understanding, but to impress and generate awfulness with figures that nobody can wrap his mind around.

[@FireAngelZero]

Build something that’s meant to last 90 sols... lasts 1900+ sols... that’s good engineering....

[@abutalibshaikh9759]

I sometimes feel that it was designed for 1000 sols but was lied that it would last only 90 sols

[@ijamsum]

After 3 months a new battery was installed by one of the 2 bases on Mars we have there ! The solar panels were somehow cleaned spotless and gleaming by the photo selfie taken ! NASA said wind cleaned it unexpectedly so i tried to clean the pollen off my truck and 100 mph for 1 minute did nothing lol ? We the public have flintstone technologies when the military has George Jetson technologies ! Whistle blowers say we have a 43 spaceship fleet in space now lol ! Its classified above our President as he is a temporary employee like Congress also ! We get fiction insted of truth !

[@two2truths]

@@ijamsum chill pill time

[@travisparker5632]

@@ijamsum just how high are you?! ROFL!

[@maysboy11]

Hell yeah this was a badass video

[@shok24199]

Centuries from now, when the robot race has colonized Mars, they will dig up the fossils of the first robot Mars explorers and teach young robots about how their bravery and sacrifice paved the way for robot civilization.

[@emmanuelstamatakis8218]

I’m sure they’ll collect all these little BotsAnd put Them in the Mars museum on Mars one day

[@alfredorotondo]

@@emmanuelstamatakis8218 but the way they do with mummies There's already some urban legends for some of those

[@phuckit1902]

As a stoner, that sounds awesome lol

[@bernardtaylor7768]

Unless the rovers A.I doesn't go Cylon and kill any colonist that comes near it. But seriously it was an amazing journey for the crew and a testament to human engineering, this mission will be a tough one to beat in the future.

[@ophiolatreia93]

Great idea for a book

[@diabolikmitchell2960]

"My battery is low and it's getting dark" You can put that on my headstone.

[@p1ratesail0r]

if we ever land people on Mars, i do hope we take the time to recover these rovers if theyre nearby. they deserve proper recognition back at home

[@p1ratesail0r]

@David Wang i value human life over all things. im aware that where there is humanity, the trouble of the human condition will follow. all i was saying, david wang, was that if we get the chance to recover the machines that have sent us pictures of another freaking planet, we should, and then put them on display in a museum. how is that saying the robot is more important than a human?

[@willsk3122]

@@p1ratesail0r I would rather spend the millions upon millions to do that on more science experiments imo like taking the dirt/rocks back.

[@nylarnameless1759]

Having lived and went to school in Titusville FL (home to most NASA scientists and closest city to Cape Canaveral) I went to school with kids whose parents were directly working on Opportunity. I actually recognize a few of the namesakes as friends parents. Pretty awesome, only at rare times like these do I really appreciate growing up in such a science conscious area of my country. Thanks for that & the awesome journey you've put together here.EDIT The parent I'm talking about was at a desk in the "shutdown" video from mission control, so awesome I KNEW IT.

[@carolinehorton7920]

This is one of the best documentaries I've seen on KZbin. Congratulations and thank you for spending the time to create this.

[@nLTwiGGy]

I legitimately cried at the end. For a robot. I'm 25

[@SnowblindOtter]

Curiosity sung itself "Happy Birthday" to celebrate the end of its first year on Mars.

[@nrtolv]

Opportunity, one of the greatest explorers of our lifetime. A true hero indeed. Hopefully we'll meet again some day!

[@Murphs_Kicksoninstagram]

This was probably the most detailed documentation of our Mars mission, in one sitting, and is award recognition worthy. I’m serious, this appeals to any space, science, and history buff on so many levels. The average person wouldn’t know that this mission was ongoing for that long stretch of time, let alone have seen the many amazing photos sent back from this journey- it’s all documented right here! The time and care taken to gather this information and put it all together for us to enjoy in 1hr, we are truly grateful to you sir. Bravo!…………… (Slow clap, small tear runs down cheek)

[@writethisthat3613]

This is a really extraordinary documentary about a really extraordinary achievement. One of the best videos I have seen in a long, long time.

[@HammockerSam]

It makes me sad to hear that Opportunity died, alone, like that. It was a good boy. Thank you Astrum for this wonderful content

[@inemanja]

@Man_Utd_Fan 10 You don't say! Nevertheless it did much more for humanity then most of the people - it deserved to be loved by people. It is not some mp3 player or smart phone - so you can say "it's just a thing"

[@dianemainiero6760]

I agree with u...I know it was a machine but needs to be recognised

[@Somm_RJ]

@@inemanja but it's rover, are you denying that fact? Sometimes people use their emotions way too much than their brain. It's a shame because this is a science channel.

[@MrLathor]

@@inemanja Its an instrument of science and exploration that vastly outperformed its objectives. You can appreciate its value without anthropomorphizing it. The rover by itself doesn’t have much value, the science it taught us does.

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

@@Somm_RJ Humans are wired that way. Perhaps you should download your consciousness into an AI system?

[@lizzykay9912]

This was such a great run through of what Opportunity did. So exciting and beautiful. Robotics have come so far since it was built too, which makes what it did even more amazing. I hope we pick it up someday and bring it home.

[@thiccdonuthole13]

"my battery is low and its getting dark" -this was emotional for me

[@annmcdaniel1092]

I had a feeling of mourning.😢

[@kaltonian]

It's amazing that it spoke this way with heart

[@lg94i64]

Yeap... same for me... but can’t deny that it remembers me Captain Price of Call of Duty: “Tango down, going dark”

[@cedricvillani8502]

All you people should definitely not watch Wall-E, at least not alone or without Xanax

[@lg94i64]

@@cedricvillani8502 wtf... wall-e? Thats similar but I had no emotional changes with that

[@igorfujs7349]

The video got you emotionally attached to the machine giving the human race so much. Incredible recap of 10+ years journey of the incredible machine designed by incredible people. Thank you, Astrum. All thumbs up.

[@vao879]

So When we eventually have astronauts and colony’s on Mars , can we put the rovers in a place of honor in a Martin Museum?

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Thats a no-brainer. If anything, Opportunity and the other two right now is evidence that we can survive on Mars but at a very slow pace. Nonetheless, Oppy gonna have a shrine

[@YuckFouTube2]

I'd guess if we do send people the Mars, it will be prison people. Isn't that what English people did and now we have America and Australia

[@brandaoz]

Kids are going to visit them in a museum,beginning in 2040 or 2045,in "The Martian International Museum"...i hope.

[@Ordinary_Guy]

"My battery is low and it's getting dark but I know one day, you'll be here, my battery will be charged and the sun will shine again, and Apple trees will bloom on Mars" - Opportunity

[@Anony_Mouse_V]

Never happened ..

[@NaelWaj]

it will always amaze me that these are REAL images from another planet, truly marvelous. Thanks for blessing my eyes sir

[@josiptumapa]

🤍 true

[@frostymaxritz8202]

Oppy will always make grown men like me cry. It was the sum of all the dreams, hope, efforts, dedication, and determination.

[@socksincrocks4421]

The best spent 1:03:19 of my life recently. Thank you.

[@lynnfarley7851]

You said it.....for me. since January 1, 2021

[@bobberdaddy]

You need to get a life FANBOY

[@SadisNic]

"My battery is low and its getting dark" nearly brings me to tears when I here it. Every. Damn. Time.

[@Jamicaman516]

If I hadn't read that this was a compilation rather than one long recording, I wouldn't have noticed.

[@benbury4351]

This video made me kinda sad tbh, but so glad for all the engineers, scientists, project managers, and directors who made this 15 year-long mission possible! You won't be forgotten Opportunity!

[@guldorak]

What an incredible rover, with such amazing achievements (and the NASA team as well). Hope you're having a well-deserved rest, Opportunity.

[@otpyrcralphpierre1742]

A mission that was scheduled for 90 days that lasted for 15 years. These guys should design Automobiles. Good job, mission control, and Opportunity. Rest in Peace, your place in History is secure.

[@HoangNguyen-xo6bp]

I feel so much emotion for an outstanding rover 380 million km away. "My battery is low and it's getting dark" Rest in peace Oppy.

[@acehanya5936]

Dang it...I cried when Oppy sent its final message. Rest well with your sister. And THANK YOU for holding on so long. Thank you for everything😢

[@captc0ck5lap60]

Amazing to think that one day. these robots will be on display in some museum somewhere. Maybe even on Mars, with these videos playing in the background, documenting their intrepid little journeys.

[@cherrydragon3120]

That would be great. It only requires a vehicle to find and bring back the rovers to a landingzone for a spacecraft to bring it back to earth

[@jamesbenson1579]

SpaceX may one day in the very new future..start up a city on Mars..& maybe display some of these older decommissioned robots in a mars aerospace museum. I'll be long gone by then..but my grandkids might enjoy it!

[@onezshul]

That’s if this is even real

[@jamzee_]

Oppy was essentially the proof that human engineering is robust, but not invincible. Opportunity was and still is a story of how something can beat expectations. Opportunity can still be fixed one day, hell fly a cleaning drone to it, clean the panels and repair the nuclear core and boom she’d be working again. As she said herself, it’s merely getting dark, and her battery is low, not broken and not damaged.

[@jamzee_]

@David Wang the world turtle put’s it on it’s back and continues to soar through the cosmos as it always does. They teach you this in school. Keep up.

[@Astlaus]

It's absolutely mind bending that this whole thing was conceived as 90 day mission. I followed this day to day in the early months and this video really brings in a flood of memories of that time. Amazing work, Alex.

[@diegoiunou]

I can't believe I actually cried for a robot's death (knowing its final words didn't help)

[@forestsprite5914]

Guaranteed-Most all who watched this whole episode felt that too.

[@pilouetmissiou]

I understand you !! 🤣🤣

[@emmanuelstamatakis8218]

Well that’s the difference between a machine and a human organism Proves you’re a man with a heart and soul

[@darkhoodchief]

Very great documentary. Didn't know Opportunity Rover lasted 15 years. That's impressive

[@Raiethstar]

I love the addition of where the image comes from at all times. It’s such an honest, useful detail.

[@CRD-hi6vk]

Absolutely incredible to live in a time in which we have technology to do this. See a planet up close on on the planet. Sad that the robot died though. ...

[@christopheralthouse6378]

That would've always been the expected end, however, lasting as long as it did was quite a remarkable achievement considering this was only supposed to be a three month mission. NASA deserves a HUGE round of applause for both Spirit and Opportunity missions! ☺️😁👍🥰♥️💯

[@alaabenturkia8058]

I have a weird feeling of guilt for being able to watch this masterpiece for free ! truly amazing... thank you so much :)

[@piedpiper1172]

Give them a one month sub for a dollar. You’d be amazed how quick those add up.

[@Killbayne]

Girls: "omg he didnt cry during the titanic! do boys even have any feelings?" Boys watching the communication attempts fail again and again: _[intense sobbing]_

[@thomasblanchard6778]

Reminds of misaion control after losing the Shuttle minutes before its scheduled landing Vhf comm check Vhf comm check... Lock the doors.

[@worldsboss]

“My battery is low and it’s getting dark” is actually really ominous. It actually sounds like robot death!

[@AdamantineCat]

New Astrum video? Going to be a good day.

[@dmeemd7787]

Yeah I need to finish watching this! Which is what I'm doing right now but I'll just start from the beginning :-) I was really happy when I saw the link to this particular video!

[@michealcase3011]

@@dmeemd7787 gyggo upup g put hhhhhjhhoyyvgttyyyuyytghgtyyyyyy chunk cy g

[@andybils6141]

This should be played at every school, inspiring. Thanks

[@privateerburrows]

As the video started playing, I was thinking "bah, I already know everything about Opportunity; I don't have the time for this". I'm so glad I didn't click away; what a great story; so many things I didn't know... Thanks for putting this together. NASA should buy this video from you and pay you a million or two for it.

[@g4viscon]

3.2M views!! Brilliant video, so informative and relaxing to listen to. I absolutely love Astrum videos. Without a doubt my favourite KZbin channel. Please keep up the good work Alex.

[@PragnanSaha]

Excellent Astrum, this is one of your best. Didn't even realise I was watching for over an hour.

[@kungfuchimp5788]

Like these longer episodes.

[@realzachfluke1]

1000% same

[@adamvose2651]

Me too

[@terribryan5457]

Same

[@rook5503]

It's equivalent to the series he made like a year ago

[@orlandochableruiz9212]

To me like these

[@PepeLePewPew]

Got here to check it out, stayed for the full lenght. Thanks for making this!

[@ryansutter4291]

The geology on that cliff at 25:00 is just so enticing. I can see why it excites the scientists so much. Besides the obvious parts. The technologies they are taking up there really allow them to look around now and see an awful lot that amount to a huge amount of data to study. Its very exciting to see it this way and see it all so crystal clearly...