Brian Thorn wrote:
On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:15:31 -0500, OM
wrote:


...Mark my words: those solar arrays will be rectangular by the time
the first test article gets launched.

AvWeek said something about the pizza-pan arrays being more stable in
maneuvers, so maybe not.

Brian

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/co..._contract.html



Lockmart is building the Mars 2007 Phoenix lander. Guess the shape of
the solar arrays.

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/multi...ander_nobg.jpg

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/multi...=1&image_id=32

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/techn...spacecraft.php


Rusty