[Via Forbes.com]
LOS ANGELES -NASA says it has absolutely no plan to turn off either of the Mars Rovers because of budget cuts.
NASA is saying Tuesday that it has rescinded a letter that recommended budget cuts in the Mars Rover program to cover the cost of a next-generation rover on the Red Planet.
The move comes a day after scientists at the agency’s robotics center said they would need to hibernate one of the twin Mars robots and limit the duties of the other because their budget was being cut by $4 million.
That announcement was based on a letter NASA sent to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena last week.
But NASA is saying in a statement Tuesday that neither of the rovers will be shut down.
It would really have sucked if they shut them down. I am a huge space exploration geek and love to hear about finds, etc. By doing this, this would have limited our exploration needs and then we would never know whats out there. Good work NASA on keeping it alive! 
[View the Mars Section @ NASA.Gov]
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