Martian Rover 2021
Martian Rover 2021 (c)2021 Heather L. Preston (words) Tune: "I'm a Rover (Seldom Sober)" (traditional)
Chorus:
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a NASA pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
[v1] First Sojourner in '97 found a rounded cobbled ground
Imaged ice clouds / in the mornings, as it through the... boulders wound
Chorus:
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a NASA pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
[v2] Then let’s hear it for doughty Spirit, rolling onward through the years
Worked in unity with Opportunity through storms and sand traps that froze their gears
Chorus:
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a NASA pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
[v3] Of the precocity of Curiosity let us sing in glad surprise
It roves and rambles, takes spectra, samples and has the SAM lab to analyze
Chorus:
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a NASA pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
[v4] Now come Tianwen and Perseverance, and those are stories we’ve yet to tell,
But as we face that cold desert planet, humans together are wishin’ us well!
Last Chorus:
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a worldwide pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a worldwide pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
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Hope this needs a good update soon :-) Written 2/7/2021 at the DeadGoat Zoom session of CapriCon.
Chorus:
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a NASA pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
[v1] First Sojourner in '97 found a rounded cobbled ground
Imaged ice clouds / in the mornings, as it through the... boulders wound
Chorus:
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a NASA pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
[v2] Then let’s hear it for doughty Spirit, rolling onward through the years
Worked in unity with Opportunity through storms and sand traps that froze their gears
Chorus:
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a NASA pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
[v3] Of the precocity of Curiosity let us sing in glad surprise
It roves and rambles, takes spectra, samples and has the SAM lab to analyze
Chorus:
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a NASA pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
[v4] Now come Tianwen and Perseverance, and those are stories we’ve yet to tell,
But as we face that cold desert planet, humans together are wishin’ us well!
Last Chorus:
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a worldwide pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
I’m a rover, Martian rover, with a worldwide pedigree
I’m taking data, it’s getting late-uh still seeking signs of the Martian sea
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Hope this needs a good update soon :-) Written 2/7/2021 at the DeadGoat Zoom session of CapriCon.