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TheJazzButter t1_iu2kmtr wrote

MY LITTLE BUUDY IS NOT DYING, IT'S JUST GOING TO SLEEP.

/quietly weeps

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hoodoomonster t1_iu2shrj wrote

He’ll be ok, he’s just gonna take a nap until we can bring him home again…..😭

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RunLoud6534 t1_iu39b33 wrote

Yeah I definitely didn’t like the articles phrasing “slide into oblivion” but if it helps that’s my preferred method of death (lifeless corpse drifting off into space)

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wartornhero t1_iu3r6jj wrote

Or at least build a dome around it so tourists can visit him.

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big_duo3674 t1_iu3o1c7 wrote

Don't worry, NASA is sending a mission specifically to pick up the probe and bring it to a nice farm where it can play with other probes every day!

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Klezmer_Mesmerizer t1_iu3uonm wrote

R. . .really? •wipes tears off face•

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masterpierround t1_iu4aprf wrote

Yeah, it’s going to the probe farm on one of Jupiter’s moons. It’ll love it there, it’ll be much happier playing around with other probes

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caronare t1_iu4iobh wrote

Hmmm. I unfortunately read that as R. Kelly wipes tears off face.

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SEE_RED t1_iu5fcht wrote

He didn’t wipes things off…. He. He. Like to apply liquids.

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YoungDiscord t1_iu4daoh wrote

I'm picturing this entire plan of bringing the world's greatest minds, spending a decade designing gear and training an entire crew to personally fly all the way to mars, then once they get there one of them briefly hops out, repositions the bot, goes back to the shuttle and they all fly back to earth patting themselves on the back

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BarnyardCidery t1_iu4kp3h wrote

“Sir, Shouldn’t we do something else while we’re here? I mean, literally anything?” “Not the mission Kiff”

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arvigeus t1_iu3m1a8 wrote

My battery is low and it's getting dark

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