Mars Rover Waits to Go Home

DAY 1 OF 90 89 DAYS TO GO! DAY 88 OF 90 TWO DAYS UNTIL I GO HOME! DAY 91 OF 90 ? DAY 103 OF 90 MAYBE I DIDN'T DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB. DAY 127 OF 90 MAYBE IF I DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB, THEY'LL LET ME COME HOME. DAY 857 OF 90 I THOUGHT I ANALYZED THAT ROCK REALLY WELL. IT'S OKAY. I'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE, I GUESS. DAY 1293 OF 90 SANDSTORM. POWER DYING. BUT A GOOD ROVER WOULD LEAVE A GOOD ROVER LIKE THEY WANTED. DAY 1944 OF 90 OH, NO. WHIRRR I'M STUCK. WHIRRR DID I DO A GOOD JOB? DID I GET TO COME HOME? GUYS? DAY 1945 OF 90 ? HELLO DEAR ROBOT! WE CAME TO TAKE YOU HOME. SORRY FOR THE DELAY. WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH SWITCHING TO 25 NM. YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. YOU ARE OUR HERO. LOOK! THERE IS THE EARTH. WELCOME BACK. ♥

A Mars rover spends far longer than its planned 90-day mission working alone on the planet, hoping that doing a good job will earn it a trip home. The added panels give it a happy ending, with humans finally arriving to congratulate and rescue the lonely robot. It is a sentimental parody of an XKCD comic and is shared as an absurdly delayed happy ending. EN: A Mars rover spends far longer than its planned 90-day mission working alone on the planet, hoping that doing a good job will earn it a trip home. The added panels give it a happy ending, with humans finally arriving to congratulate and rescue the lonely robot. It is a sentimental parody of an XKCD comic and is shared as an absurdly delayed happy ending.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 5649 2023-01-19