I'm feeling somewhat humbled these days that I'm not the only one who experiences crashing computers, uncooperative software, and a quirky DSL router that will work endlessly for a week then constantly drop my DSL connection. It would seem that the Mars rover Spirit had too many "temp" files on its onboard computers which caused it to crash 60 times and generally konk out.

"Mission manager Jennifer Trosper said engineers are exploring several scenarios for what may have caused problems with Spirit's onboard computer memory, including an overload from the buildup of data files during the spacecraft's eight-month voyage to Mars. "

I'm still amazed and enthralled at this whole Mars mission....