Welp — It’s Probably Time For NASA To Officially Declare The Mars MAVEN Mission… At End Of Life.

I think the time — for reconnecting — has come… and gone.

I am not happy about it, but the craft served admirably, for well over a decade.

If it is in fact tumbling erratically, its solar panels have been unable to completely charge the spacecraft’s batteries.

That state of affairs has been true — since about December 6, 2025.

Two months of drain on the batteries is probably beyond its ability to recover and send a signal home, by radio. Thus — “travel well, but travel light, oh Maven.”

Onward, resolutely.

नमस्ते

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